Wigtoft is a village and

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Lincolnshire Lincolnshire (), abbreviated ''Lincs'', is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the East Midlands and Yorkshire and the Humber regions of England. It is bordered by the East Riding of Yorkshire across the Humber estuary to th ...

, England. It is situated on the

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, geographically south-west from

Boston, Lincolnshire Boston is a market town and inland port in the borough of the same name in the county of Lincolnshire, England. It lies to the south-east of Lincoln, east of Nottingham and north-east of Peterborough. The town had a population of 45,339 at ...

, and west from Sutterton. Included in Wigtoft civil parish are the hamlets of Asperton and Burtoft. The name 'Wigtoft' derives from the

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and

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, ''vik-toft'', meaning '

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by a creek'. Wigtoft is one of eighteen parishes which, together with

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, form the

Borough of Boston The Borough of Boston is a local government district with borough status in Lincolnshire, England. Its council is based in the town of Boston. The borough also includes numerous villages in the surrounding rural area including Wyberton, Sutter ...

. The local government has been arranged in this way since the reorganisation of 1 April 1974, which resulted from the

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. This parish forms part of the Five Villages electoral ward. Previously, the parish had formed part of Boston Rural District, in the

Parts of Holland The Parts of Holland is a historical division of Lincolnshire, England, encompassing the southeast of the county. The name is still recognised locally and survives in the district of South Holland, Lincolnshire, South Holland. Etymology The place ...

. Holland was one of the three divisions (formally known as ''parts'') of the traditional county of Lincolnshire. Since the

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of 1888, Holland had been in most respects, a county in itself. The

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is a Grade I

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dedicated to

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and

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and dating from the 12th to 15th centuries and restored in 1891.

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* {{Authority control Villages in Lincolnshire Civil parishes in Lincolnshire Borough of Boston