Wigston Magna

Wigston (or more properly Wigston Magna to distinguish it from the nearby Wigston Parva), is a town in Leicestershire, just to the south of Leicester, on the Welford Road which leads to Northampton.

Related Topics:
Wigston Parva - Leicestershire - Leicester - Welford Road - Northampton

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It runs directly into Oadby to the east, with which it shares Oadby and Wigston district council, and Leicester to the north. An area known as South Wigston is actually to the west.

Related Topics:
Oadby - Oadby and Wigston - Leicester - South Wigston

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Wigston was the subject of W.G. Hoskin's pioneering historical study, The Midland Peasant (London: Macmillan, 1965), which traced the social history of this village from earliest recorded history into the 19th century.

Related Topics:
W.G. Hoskin - Social history

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