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Wigton Monument - Photo:
Nigel Monckton
CCL |
The mainly Georgian market
town of Wigton, between Caldbeck and the Solway
coast, has always been a hive of activity and has
Norman roots dating back at least 1,000 years. It
has a pre-medieval town plan, which can still be
traced today. The Romans stationed cavalrymen at
‘Olenacum’ south of the town. The market place has
a 19th century fountain erected in 1872. Built of
granite, it features four bronze reliefs of the
Acts of Mercy by the Pre-Raphaelite sculptor
Thomas Woolner. |
Wigton was the birthplace of
both Melvyn Bragg, the television presenter, and
Sir William Bragg (1862-1942) who, with his son
Lawrence, won the Nobel prize for physics for
their pioneering work on crystallography. The
interior of the 18th century church of St. Mary's
was repainted by Reverend John Ford, father of
TV’s Anna Ford, in the 1950s.
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