Great Wigborough


Great Wigborough is a village in the civil parish of Great and Little Wigborough in the Colchester borough of Essex, England, and forms part of Winstred Hundred. The population of the civil parish as of the 2011 census is 246.
The hamlet of Stafford's Corner lies to the northwest of the village on the B1026 road.
The place-name 'Wigborough' first appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it appears as Wicgebergha and Wighebergha. The name means 'Wicga's hill or barrow'.
St Stephen's church dates from the 14th century and is a grade II* listed building. Heavily damaged in the Colchester earthquake of 1884, it was extensively restored.