WIGTOFT, a parish in the wapentake of KIRTON,
parts of HOLLAND, county of LINCOLN, 3 miles (S.B.
by S.) from Swineshead, containing 637 inhabitants.
The living, is a discharged vicarage, with that of Q,uadring
united, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Lincoln
rated in the Icing's books at £11. 5., and in the
patronage of the Bishop of Lincoln. The church is dedicated
to St. Peter and St. Paul. A free school here
is endowed with certain land, and bears the name of
Cowley's and Blisbury's charity.