What is "wigtoft"

Wigtoft is a village and civil parish in Lincolnshire, England. It is situated on the A17 road, geographically south-west from Boston, Lincolnshire, and west from Sutterton. Included in Wigtoft civil parish is the hamlets of Asperton and Burtoft.

Wigtoft is one of eighteen parishes which, together with Boston, form the Borough of Boston. The local government has been arranged in this way since the reorganization of April 1, 1974, which resulted from the Local Government Act 1972. This parish forms part of the Five Villages electoral ward.

Previously, the parish had formed part of Boston Rural District, in the Parts of Holland. Holland was one of the three divisions (formally known as parts) of the traditional county of Lincolnshire. Since the Local Government Act of 1888, Holland had been in most respects, a county in itself.

The parish church is a Grade I listed building dedicated to Saint Peter and Saint Paul and dating from the 12th to 15th centuries, and restored in 1891.

Year

Population

1801

536

1811

555

1821

637

1831

697

1841

713

1851

741

1881

672

1891

653

1901

693

1911

723

1921

712

1931

702

1941

N/A (World War II)

1951

518

1961

505

2001

479

2011

491