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St Peter and St Paul, Wigtoft |
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Wigtoft
Wigtoft shown within Lincolnshire |
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| Population | 479 (2001) |
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| OS grid reference | TF262361 |
| District | Boston |
| Shire county | Lincolnshire |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Boston |
| Postcode district | PE20 2 |
| Police | Lincolnshire |
| Fire | Lincolnshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| EU Parliament | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | Boston and Skegness (UK Parliament constituency) |
| List of places: UK • England • Lincolnshire | |
Wigtoft is a village and civil parish in Lincolnshire, England, around 8 miles (13 km) south-west of Boston, Lincolnshire. It is on the A17 road, and near to Sutterton and Hoffleet Stow. Included in Wigtoft civil parish is the hamlet of Burtoft.[1]
It is one of eighteen parishes which, together with Boston, form the Borough of Boston. The local government has been arranged in this way since the reorganization of April 1, 1974, which resulted from the Local Government Act 1972. This parish forms part of the Five Villages electoral ward.
Hitherto, the parish had formed part of Boston Rural District, in the Parts of Holland. Holland was one of the three divisions (formally known as parts) of the traditional county of Lincolnshire. Since the Local Government Act of 1888, Holland had been in most respects, a county in itself.
The parish church is a grade I listed building dedicated to Saint Peter and Saint Paul and dating from the 12th to 15th centuries, and restored in 1891.[2]
| Year | Population[3] |
| 1801 | 536 |
| 1811 | 555 |
| 1821 | 637 |
| 1831 | 697 |
| 1841 | 713 |
| 1851 | 741 |
| 1881 | 672 |
| 1891 | 653 |
| 1901 | 693 |
| 1911 | 723 |
| 1921 | 712 |
| 1931 | 702 |
| 1941 | N/A (World War II) |
| 1951 | 518 |
| 1961 | 505 |
| 2001 | 479 |
| Hoffleet Stow, Bicker, Swineshead | Kirton Holme, Hubberts Bridge, Brothertoft | Kirton, Wyberton, Boston | ||
| Donington, Horbling, Threekingham | Sutterton, Algarkirk | |||
| Wigtoft | ||||
| Quadring, Gosberton, Bourne | Surfleet, Pinchbeck, Spalding | Fosdyke, Holbeach, Gedney |