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Survey of English Place-Names

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All Saints' Church

Other OS name in the Parish of Wigston Magna

Historical Forms

  • Church (All Saints) 1846,1863,1877 White
  • ecclesie de Wykingeston 1220 MHW 1301,1339 Pat
  • ecclesie de Wykyngeston 1323,1337,1338,1339,1344,1349,1359 ib
  • ecclesiam de Wykynston 1331 ib
  • ecclesiam de Wichingeston 1333,1505 ib
  • ecclesiam de Wikyngeston 1339,1379 ib
  • ecclesiam de Wykenestyon 1339 ib
  • ecclesiam Omnium Sanctorum 1352,1355 ib
  • ecclesie de Wikynston 1355 ib
  • ecclesie de Wykynston 1355 ib
  • ecclesie de Wygeston 1388 ib
  • ecclesie de Wyggeston 1399 ib
  • ecclesie de Wyguston alias Wygguston 1410 ib
  • All Saints' churchyard 1595 Nichols

Etymology

, Church (All Saints )1846,1863, 1877 White; it is earlier recorded as ecclesie de Wykingeston 1220MHW, 1301, 1339Pat , ecclesie de Wykyngeston 1323, 1337, 1338, 1339, 1344,1349, 1359ib , ecclesiam de Wykynston 1331ib , ecclesiam de Wichingeston 1333,1505ib , ecclesiam de Wikyngeston 1339, 1379ib , ecclesiam de Wykenestyon 1339ib ,ecclesiam Omnium Sanctorum 1352, 1355ib , ecclesie de Wikynston 1355ib , ecclesie de Wykynston 1355ib , ecclesie de Wygeston 1388ib , ecclesie de Wyggeston 1399ib , ecclesie de Wyguston alias Wygguston 1410ib . Note All Saints ' churchyard 1595 Nichols , v. churchyerd .