Wigginton (St. Giles)

WIGGINTON (St. Giles), a parish, in the union of Banbury, hundred of Bloxham, county of Oxford, 5¼ miles (W. N. W.) from Deddington; containing 310 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £17. 2. 8½.; net income, £290; patrons, the Principal and Fellows of Jesus College, Oxford. The tithes were commuted for land and a money payment in 1795. The church is small, mostly of early English character, and adorned with a tower of the 15th century, of three stages, and embattled: there are some interesting features. To the south-east of the church are vestiges of a Roman villa, extending over a considerable space. On digging here, an octagonal apartment with a tessellated pavement was discovered, and to the south-east of it, another of square form, with tesserae of coarse and imperfect character. These apartments were heated by flues under the floor; and coins were also found.