Wigginton, Staffordshire
Wigginton is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Wigginton and Hopwas, in the Lichfield district, in the county of Staffordshire, England. History The name Wigginton is believed to come from Old English, and to mean Wicga's farm. The name was also sometimes written as Wiggington. The village lies on a medieval trade route, the Portway, possibly used for transporting salt from the River Mease at Edingale to Tamworth. Ecclesiastically, Wigginton had been a chapelry attached to the parish of St Editha in Tamworth. For civil government it had been a township – the township was more than just the village, and included the hamlets of Comberford and Coton, the latter now part of the borough of Tamworth. In 1866 the township became a civil parish, and in 1894 part of Tamworth Rural District, in 1934 it became part of Lichfield Rural District. On 1 April 1934, the parish of Hopwas Hays was merged with Wigginton, parts of Wigginton were moved to Fisherwick and Harlaston. On 1 September 1993, the new parish was renamed to "Wigginton & Hopwas". In 1931 the parish of Wigginton (prior to the merge) had a population of 2291. In 1861 the