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Wigston
Wigston, or Wigston Magna, is a town in the Oadby and Wigston district of Leicestershire, England, just south of Leicester on the A5199. It had a population of 37,261 in 2024.
Wigston is 4 miles (6.4 km) south of the city of Leicester, at the centre of Leicestershire and the East Midlands. Oadby is 1 mile (1.6 km) to the east, connected by the B582 road. To the west along the B582, or Blaby Road is South Wigston, 1 mile (1.6 km).
The Grand Union Canal runs along a southern route below Wigston from Newton Harcourt 2 miles (3.2 km), Kilby Bridge 1 mile (1.6 km), and for several miles through South Wigston, Glen Parva 2 miles (3.2 km), Blaby 3 miles (4.8 km) and on towards Leicester.
Wigston's population of approximately 32,000 live in both the post-war private suburban housing estates surrounding the old town centre, and the 19th century buildings now sandwiched between modern housing developments. The oldest of the post-war developments is Wigston Fields north of Wigston towards Knighton and Leicester; the Meadows and Little Hill estates were developed in the 1970s and 1980s to the east and south of Wigston's old centre. Wigston Harcourt is an area of housing developed up until the early 1990s between the Little Hill and Meadows estates. These three estates mark the boundary of the greater Leicester urban area, beyond which lies agricultural land.
One of the earliest records of Wigston is in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Wichingstone in the ancient wapentake of Guthlaxton, listed amongst the lands held by Hugh de Grandmesnil for the King.
In the Middle Ages it was known as Wigston Two Spires as, unusually, there were two mediaeval churches there, All Saints' and St Wistan's.
St Wistan's is so called because it was one of the places where the body of St Wistan or Wigstan rested before burial. Wigstan was a Mercian prince who was assassinated, but was regarded as a martyr. He was initially buried at Repton, but his body was then moved to Evesham.
All Saints' (illustrated above right) a fine medieval building in the Transitional style has a western steeple (one of the finest in the county); from the tower three monster arches lead into the nave; beneath a sepulchral arch is a coffin lid surmounted by a headless figure.
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Wigston
Wigston, or Wigston Magna, is a town in the Oadby and Wigston district of Leicestershire, England, just south of Leicester on the A5199. It had a population of 37,261 in 2024.
Wigston is 4 miles (6.4 km) south of the city of Leicester, at the centre of Leicestershire and the East Midlands. Oadby is 1 mile (1.6 km) to the east, connected by the B582 road. To the west along the B582, or Blaby Road is South Wigston, 1 mile (1.6 km).
The Grand Union Canal runs along a southern route below Wigston from Newton Harcourt 2 miles (3.2 km), Kilby Bridge 1 mile (1.6 km), and for several miles through South Wigston, Glen Parva 2 miles (3.2 km), Blaby 3 miles (4.8 km) and on towards Leicester.
Wigston's population of approximately 32,000 live in both the post-war private suburban housing estates surrounding the old town centre, and the 19th century buildings now sandwiched between modern housing developments. The oldest of the post-war developments is Wigston Fields north of Wigston towards Knighton and Leicester; the Meadows and Little Hill estates were developed in the 1970s and 1980s to the east and south of Wigston's old centre. Wigston Harcourt is an area of housing developed up until the early 1990s between the Little Hill and Meadows estates. These three estates mark the boundary of the greater Leicester urban area, beyond which lies agricultural land.
One of the earliest records of Wigston is in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Wichingstone in the ancient wapentake of Guthlaxton, listed amongst the lands held by Hugh de Grandmesnil for the King.
In the Middle Ages it was known as Wigston Two Spires as, unusually, there were two mediaeval churches there, All Saints' and St Wistan's.
St Wistan's is so called because it was one of the places where the body of St Wistan or Wigstan rested before burial. Wigstan was a Mercian prince who was assassinated, but was regarded as a martyr. He was initially buried at Repton, but his body was then moved to Evesham.
All Saints' (illustrated above right) a fine medieval building in the Transitional style has a western steeple (one of the finest in the county); from the tower three monster arches lead into the nave; beneath a sepulchral arch is a coffin lid surmounted by a headless figure.