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Wigston Parva

WIGSTON PARVA, a chapelry, in the parish of Claybrooke, union of Lutterworth, hundred of Guthlaxton, S. division of the county of Leicester, 6ΒΌ miles (N. W. by W.) from Lutterworth; containing 74 inhabitants. It lies near the intersection of the Roman Watling-street and Fosse-way, and comprises about 386 acres of land, of hilly surface and fertile soil, and mostly freehold. The Ullesthorpe station of the Midland railway is distant about three miles westward. Wigston Hall, a large square mansion in pleasant grounds ornamented with yew-trees, was built in the reign of George II. by Nicholas Grundy, Esq., high sheriff of the county, and is now the residence of Henry Goodrick Willet, Esq., chief owner of the township. The chapel, dedicated to St. Mary, is a small ancient building. The manor was formerly held by Reading Abbey, Berkshire.

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

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