Great Wigborough

Great Wigborough
Great Wigborough
Great Wigborough shown within Essex
OS grid reference TL 968 151
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Colchester
Postcode district CO5
Police Essex
Fire Essex
Ambulance East of England
EU Parliament East of England
UK Parliament
St Stephen's church

Great Wigborough is a village in the civil parish of Great and Little Wigborough in the Colchester borough of Essex, England, and forms part of Winstred Hundred.[1] The population of the civil parish as of the 2011 census is 246.[2]

The hamlet of Stafford's Corner lies to the northwest of the village on the B1026 road.

St Stephen's church dates from the 14th century and is a grade II* listed building. Heavily damaged in the earthquake of 1884, it was extensively restored.[3]

References

  1. http://www.winstred100.org
  2. "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  3. Historic England. "CHURCH OF ST STEPHEN (1223003)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 7 June 2014.


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