Wigsthorpe is a hamlet in the civil parish of Lilford-cum-Wigsthorpe in the North Northamptonshire district of Northamptonshire, England. It lies to the south of the town of Oundle and the village of Barnwell.[1]
Attested in 1232 as Wykingethorp, the name is believed to mean "Outlying farmstead or hamlet of a man called Vikingr".[2]
References
- ↑ "Detailed map of Wigsthorpe – Wigsthorpe map – ViaMichelin". viamichelin.ie. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
- ↑ Mills, A.D. (1991). Oxford Dictionary of British Place-Names. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0198527586.
External links
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