| Great Wigborough | |
|---|---|
 St Stephen's church | |
  Great Wigborough Location within Essex | |
| OS grid reference | TL 968 151 |
| Civil parish | |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Colchester |
| Postcode district | CO5 |
| Police | Essex |
| Fire | Essex |
| Ambulance | East of England |
| UK Parliament | |
Great Wigborough is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Great and Little Wigborough in the Colchester borough of Essex, England.
The place-name 'Wigborough' first appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it appears as Wicgebergha and Wighebergha. The name means 'Wicga's hill or barrow'.[1]
In 1951 the parish had a population of 181.[2] On 1 April 1953 the parish was abolished and merged with Little Wigborough to form "Great and Little Wigborough".[3]
Great Wigborough is represented at the lowest tier of governance by Winstred Hundred Parish Council.[4]
St Stephen's church dates from the 14th century and is a Grade II* listed building. Heavily damaged in the Colchester earthquake of 1884, it was extensively restored.[5]
- ^ Eilert Ekwall, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names, p.517.
- ^ "Population statistics Great Wigborough AP/CP through time". A Vision of Britain. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
- ^ "Relationships and changes Great Wigborough AP/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
- ^ "Home". winstred100.org.
- ^ Historic England. "CHURCH OF ST STEPHEN (1223003)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 7 June 2014.