Wigginton, North Yorkshire
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| Wigginton | |
  Wigginton shown within North Yorkshire |
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| OS grid reference | |
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| Unitary authority | City of York |
| Ceremonial county | North Yorkshire |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Police | North Yorkshire |
| Fire | North Yorkshire |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
| European Parliament | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| List of places: UK • England • Yorkshire | |
Wigginton is a village and civil parish four miles north of York, North Yorkshire, England. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 3,714. Prior to 1996 it had been part of the Ryedale district.
Wigginton expanded rapidly from its agricultural origins from the 1960s and has now become a commuter village for York. Within the parish there is an Anglican church, a Methodist church, a primary school and three public houses (The Black Horse, Cottage Inn and the Jacobean). The border between Wigginton and the neighbouring town of Haxby is largely indistinguishable and the two settlements share a cemetery, Methodist and Catholic churches, doctors' surgery, shops (at Haxby) and a secondary school (Joseph Rowntree School at New Earswick). Since 2003 Haxby and Wigginton have formed a single ward on the City of York Council.
The present parish church, dedicated to St Nicholas and St Mary, was constructed in 1860, the previous church having been demolished in 1859. It cost £700 and is built on an ancient Saxon site.
[edit] References
- North Yorkshire Federations of Women's Institutes. The North Yorkshire Village Book. Countryside Books, Newbury, 1991. ISBN 1-85306-137-9
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