Great and Little Wigborough

Essex villages on the north side of the Blackwater Estuary
Great Wigborough was also known in earlier times as Muches Wigborough, and for a while was closely connected to Salcott as the Parish of Salcot-Wigborough.

The Wigboroughs

1768 History of the Wigboroughs by Morant

1881 Boundary Map

Carriers and Buses

Shops and Businesses

Great Wigborough

1831 History & Topography - Wright & Bartlett

1905 description of Parish of Great Wigborough

1938 article - History and Romance - Great Wigborough

The Parish Church of St Stephen, Great Wigborough

War Memorial in the Church

The Bells

New tower 1885

Church Seating for the Poor

Rectors of St Stephens

Reverend Llewellyn Christopher Watson Bullock

The story behind the brass of Henry Bullock

Ann Marke memorial

Married Clergy in the reign of Mary and Elizabeth

Church Briefs

Church Terriers - Great and Little Wigborough

Parish Records - Burial in Wool

Yates family wedding at Great Wigborough November 1941

Great Expectations in Great Wigborough churchyard

Salcott Wigborough Chantry

Congregational Chapel

    Joseph Picknett Minister 1762-1780

The King's Head, Great Wigborough

The Schools

Abberton Reservoir - what was there before

The Hyde, Great Wigborough

Rectory Cottages, Great Wigborough

Little Wigborough

Events

People

Local Tales

Wigborough Images - Pictures and Documents