Wigston Parva is a hamlet andcivil parish in theBlaby district ofLeicestershire, England. The parish has a population of about 30. It is very near the county boundary withWarwickshire.[1][2] Nearby places includeSmockington, andSharnford. The population of the hamlet at the 2011 census was included in thecivil parish of Aston Flamville.[3]
There is evidence of a Roman fort at Wigston Parva, and although the hamlet has an entry in theDomesday Book, the name of the hamlet is first recorded in 1002, sixty years before the Domesday survey.[4][5][6][7] The name Wigston is possiblyWicg's stone, withWicg being a personal name.[8] The addition of Parva came later (c. 1843) to distinguish it from other places named Wigston.[7] It was also sometimes known asLittle Wigston, and historically it was in theGuthlaxton Hundred.[9]
The settlement has anAnglican church, St Mary the Virgin, parts of which date back to the 11th century.[10][11] It is now a grade II listed building.[12] The hamlet was made into a conservation area in 1976.[13]
^Ekwall, Eilert (1960).The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names (4 ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 518.OCLC1228215388.
^White, William (1863).History, gazetteer and directory of Leicestershire, and the ... County of Rutland. London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co. p. 786.OCLC319907932.
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