- Wiggins Hill
Wiggins Hill (sometimes spelled Wigginshill) is a hamlet in the
North Warwickshire district of the county ofWarwickshire inEngland .It is about halfway between
Minworth andCurdworth , and was first documented in the Domesday Book as one of Turchill de Arden's manors. It was spelt then as 'Winchicelle', which meant 'The Farm of Wicga's People'. It also had a seal of antiquity in theMagna Carta , and during that time was known as "Wincelle".In the fields nearby Roman coins of the 3rd and 4th centuries have been found, also earthwork features of
medieval times.The main buildings in Wiggins Hill date to the 17th century. There is a half-timbered cottage with a large barn and a farmhouse with a
Dutch gable . Wiggins Hill was a major meeting place forQuakers , with a meeting house and cottage being built there in 1724 by the group. Construction cost £100, of which £40 was raised by collections in the county. However, by the 19th century, the number of those attending was low resulting in the closure of the meeting house, which eventually fell into dilapidation.Wiggins Hill did consist of a 15th century timber-framed house named "Wincelle" (the name of the hamlet in the Magna Carta); however, in 1910, it was dismantled and reassembled at its current site overlooking
New Hall Valley Country Park , inNew Hall Valley on the Wylde Green Road inWalmley ,Sutton Coldfield .The nearby
Birmingham and Fazeley Canal was built in 1789 and brought passing trade.References
*"Walmley and its surroundings" (Chapter VI: Wigginshill), Douglas V. Jones, 1990, Westwood Press (ISBN 0-948025-11-5)
*"The Royal Town of Sutton Coldfield - A Commemorative History", Douglas V. Jones, 1994, Westwood Press (ISBN 0-9502636-7-2)
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