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Places to stay in Wigston
Wigston Magna or Wigston, also historically referred to as Wigston Two
Steeples or Great Wigston, is a town within Leicestershire, England just
to the south of Leicester, on the A5199 road which leads to Northampton.
Wigston Harcourt is an area of housing developed up until the early 1990s
between the Little Hill and Meadows estates. These three estates mark
the boundary of the greater Leicester urban area, beyond which lies agricultural
land. There is a Framework Knitting Museum here, as it was an important
occupation in this area from the 17th to 19th centuries. Hosiery manufacture
continued to be an important industry in the town after the decline of
hand process of framework knitting with manufacturing firms such as Two
Steeples, Wigston Co-Operative Hosiers, A H Broughton and William Holmes.
In neighbouring South Wigston Henry Bates was the leading hosiery manufacturer.
