WIGLAND, a township in the parish of MALPAS,
higher division of the hundred of BROXTON, county
palatine of CHESTER, 1 mile (S. S. E.) from Malpas,
containing 204 inhabitants. At Dirtwich, in this township,
are brine springs, from which salt is made.
In 1643, the works were destroyed by a detachment
of the parliamentary army, but they were soon restored.