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Wigginton

WIGGINTON, a parish, in the wapentake of Bulmer, union and N. riding of York, 4¼ miles (N.) from York, on the road to Helmsley; containing 392 inhabitants. It comprises about 2040 acres, of which 1200 are arable, and 800 meadow and pasture; the surface is quite flat, and the soil composed in equal portions of a stiff clay and a fine sand. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £4. 13. 4., and in the patronage of the Crown; the tithes have been commuted for £197. The church is a small and very ancient structure.

Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.

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