Wigston Books

Many books about Wigston have been produced over the years.

Some can be found in the Wigston Library on Bull Head Street Wigston Magna.

All of these publications can be viewed at the Greater Wigston Heritage Centre.

A Wigston Wander ( A gentle walk around the history of Wigston) - Duncan Lucas 1981

Another Wigston Wander ( A gentle walk around the history of Wigston) - Duncan Lucas 1989

Baker’s Boy (Biographical recollections of J T Hilton and Son, Bakers) Margaret Hilton

Bygone Wigston, Volume I (Wigston history in photographs) - Duncan Lucas 1979

Bygone Wigston, Volume II (Wigston history in photographs) - Duncan Lucas 1980

Centenary of Bell Street Infants School (Wigston 1874 to 1970) - Leicestershire County Council

Champion of The People (Life and Times of Orson Wright) - Peter Cousins 2013

Duncan’s Leicestershire Ditties (Local Sayings and Ditties) - Duncan Lucas 2008

Forgotten Wigston (via the paintbrush) Duncan Lucas, Alan Kind, Dr Margaret Bonney

For the Record Edna Taylor & Bob Wignall 1992

George the Good & George the Bad (The story of George Davenport the highwayman)

various members - edited by Duncan Lucas 2008

Joseph Potter 1815 - 1883 (Landlord of the Plough Inn Wigston Magna) - Julia Lee

Leicestershire Yoeman Families & Their Pedigree W G Hoskins

One Man's Wigston (A personal view of Wigston) - Duncan Lucas 1993

People in Wigston Magna (Portraits of a Community) - Gerry Broughton

South Wigston, between the Wars 1914/1945 (Inter War Years in South Wigston) Peter Mastin 1997

South Wigston (the early Years 1883/1913) - Peter Mastin 1997

St Wistan - Our Local Saint (a connection with Wistow and Wigston Magna) - The Rev. Stephen Weston

Strange Happenings in Wigston (list of strange things that occurred in Wigston) - Duncan Lucas 1997

The Brockhill Story (The Complete Story of Brockhill Wigston) - Duncan Lucas 2008

The Forryan’s of Wigston 1808 to 1900 (History of the Forryan family in Wigston) - Mike Forryan 1993

The Gallant Steelback (History of William Ewart Boulter VC) - Derek Seaton

The Population of An English Village (A study of Wigston Magna 1086 - 1801) - W G Hoskins

The Story of Peace Memorial Park (History of a Park in Wigston Magna) - Borough of Oadby & Wigston

The Streets of Wigston in the 1930’s Updated (Updating of the Original W G Hoskins publication)

Duncan Lucas 2012

The Way We Were - 111 Years of South Wigston (produced as souvenir of an exhibition held March 1995)

Peter Mastin 1995

The Wigstons Duncan Lucas & Tricia Berry 2005

Through all the Changing Scenes Bill Ward 1985

Up Wiggy (A personal Story of life in Wigston) - Doreen Boulter 1993

Victorian Wigston (A look at Victorian Wigston through the Census) - Bernard Elliott 1989

Wiggy's Child (A personal Story of life in Wigston) - Doreen Boulter 1988

Wiggy's War (A personal Story of life in Wigston) - Doreen Boulter 1988

Wigston & District Official Guide (Industrial & Development Guide) - Bernard M’Quillin

Wigston at War (Thoughts and descriptions of Wigston in the War) - Pamela Ward 2004

Wigston Blue Plaque Booklet (Full details of the local Blue Plaques) - Tricia Berry 2007

Wigston Businesses - Past and Present (A pictorial view of shops and businesses in Wigston Magna and South Wigston) Tony Danvers & Stuart Brown

Wigston in 1891 (An in depth look at Wigston via the 1891 Census) - Bernard Elliott 1994

Wigston Harcourt (All about Wigston Harcourt and it’s names) - Duncan Lucas & Bill Ward 1986

Wigston In The First World War Duncan Lucas, Derek Seaton, Patricia Berry Jean Dann 2014

Wigston Lancaster Crash (A Tribute to Polish Pilots) - Duncan Lucas & Mike Forryan 2008

Wigston Magna, its buildings extant, altered or demolished (Details of buildings in Wigston Magna)

Jim Colver 1994

Wigston Magna & South (Overview of the two Hamlets) - Peter Mastin, Duncan Lucas & Tricia Berry 1997

Wigston Magna Town Trail (A guided walk around Wigston Magna) - various members - edited by

Edna Taylor 1989

Wigston Street Past and Present Compiled by Tony Danvers

William Wyggeston and His World (History of William Wyggeston 2013) - Jill Bourne

Wigston In The First World War (How WW1 changed Wigston Magna and South Wigston)

Duncan Lucas, Derek Seaton, Tricia Berry & Jean Dann

If you know of other books that have been published please let us know and we will add them to the list. Thank You