WM DRAWINGS

Village Feast

26-091 Village Feast - painting of old Wigston Magna This picture , the earliest image of Wigston, was painted in 1794 by John Kirk. It is a sort of cartoon and is thought to depict St Wistan's ? Wolstan's Church and a group of merry local celebrating the village feast. The pub building apprears to be based upon The Durham Ox, the old gable end being an earlier version which was replaced by brick and slate. Over the door the licencees name is G Guzzelworth.