Wigtoft is a village and civil parish in Lincolnshire, England. It is situated on the A17 road, geographically south-west from Boston, Lincolnshire, and west from Sutterton. Included in Wigtoft civil parish are the hamlets of Asperton and Burtoft.
The name 'Wigtoft' derives from the Old Norse and Old English, vik-toft, meaning 'curtilage by a creek'.
Wigtoft is one of eighteen parishes which, together with Boston, form the Borough of Boston. The local government has been arranged in this way since the reorganisation of 1 April 1974, which resulted from the Local Government Act 1972. This parish forms part of the Five Villages electoral ward.
Previously, the parish had formed part of Boston Rural District, in the Parts of Holland. Holland was one of the three divisions (formally known as parts) of the traditional county of Lincolnshire. Since the Local Government Act 1888, Holland had been in most respects, a county in itself.
The parish church is a Grade I listed building dedicated to Saint Peter and Saint Paul and dating from the 12th to 15th centuries and restored in 1891.
Year Population 1801536 1811555 1821637 1831697 1841713 1851741 1881672 1891653 1901693 1911723 1921712 1931702 1941N/A (World War II) 1951518 1961505 1971448 2001479 2011491 2021488
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