Etymology

Wigton

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Today it means: A market town and civil parish in Cumberland council area, Cumbria, England, previously in Allerdale district (OS grid ref NY255481). Full definition →

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The story

From the Old English personal name Wicga, a byname from wicga (“earwig”), + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

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