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Wigwell Grange

Early-attested site in the Parish of Wirksworth

Historical Forms

  • Wiggewall(e), Wyggewall(e) e.13th Darley 1229 LichChart c.1240,c.1250,1253 Darley Hy3 WollCh p.1290 DbAviii
  • Grange of Wiggeswalle 1287 Misc
  • Wigewall(e), Wygewall(e) e.13th,1233–47 Darley 1501 Relxvii 1546 MinAcct
  • Wiggewell(e), Wyggewell(e) e.13th BelCh c.1247 WollCh 1251 Ch 1252 Woll c.1270 BelCh Hy3 WollCh 1276 RH
  • Wygewell(e) 1270 Darley 1272 BelCh Hy3 Darley 1359 Woll
  • Wigwall, Wygwall 1291 Tax 1535 Val 1544 Relxvii 1596 Lanc
  • Wygwall Gra(u)nge 1610 DuLa 1630 DuLaSC 1755 DKR
  • Wigwell 1359 Relxvii

Etymology

'Wicga's spring or stream', v. wælla . A small tributary of Mere Brook rises besides Wigwell Grange. For the first element cf. Wiggonlee Fm infra 515, situated just over two miles south-west, perhaps named from the same man. v. grange .