Wigginton, Hertfordshire

Wigginton
St. Bartholomew's, Wigginton
Wigginton is located in Hertfordshire
Wigginton
Wigginton
Location within Hertfordshire
Population1,483 {2011 Census}[1]
OS grid referenceSP939102
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townTring
Postcode districtHP23
Dialling code01296/01442
PoliceHertfordshire
FireHertfordshire
AmbulanceEast of England
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Hertfordshire
51°47′00″N 0°38′19″W / 51.7833°N 0.6387°W / 51.7833; -0.6387

Wigginton (Wigentone - 1086) is a large village and civil parish running north–south and perched at 730 ft (220 m) on the edge of the Chiltern Hills and aside the border with Buckinghamshire. It is part of Dacorum district in the county of Hertfordshire. The nearest towns are Tring in Hertfordshire (1.5m NW) and across the other side of the A41, Chesham (6m S) and Wendover (6m W), both in Buckinghamshire. Adjacent to the main village is the settlement of Wigginton Bottom where a number of farmworkers cottages were built during the 19th century.

  1. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 3 November 2016.