Wigginton and Hopwas

Wigginton and Hopwas
Civil parish
Status: Parish
Governance: Parish Council
Population: 962 (2001)
Main settlements: Wigginton, Hopwas, Comberford
Administration
Primary council: Lichfield
County: Staffordshire
Region: West Midlands
Coordinates:
Politics
UK Parliament: Tamworth
European Parliament: West Midlands

Wigginton and Hopwas is a civil parish[1] in Lichfield District, Staffordshire, England. The villages of Wigginton and Hopwas, that make up the parish, lie 2 miles to the north and north-west, respectively, of Tamworth. They are separated by the River Tame, the Coventry Canal and the West Coast Main Line. The parish also includes the hamlet of Comberford.

The civil parish is based on the old ecclesiastical parish of Wigginton; Hopwas had been part of the parish of Tamworth.[2]. It contains several listed buildings, including churches at Wigginton and at Hopwas, farms and houses, and even a listed milepost in Hopwas[3].

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