Wigmore, Kent
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| Wigmore shown within Kent | |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Gillingham |
| Postcode district | ME8 |
| Dialling code | 01634 |
| Police | Kent |
| Fire | Kent |
| Ambulance | South East Coast |
| EU Parliament | South East England |
Wigmore is a suburb/village in the Unitary Authority of Medway, in Kent, England.
The placename is attested in 1275 as Wydemere, from an Old English *wīd-mere "broad pool".
A sparsely-populated hamlet and farming area until the 20th Century, Wigmore was briefly the site of a smallpox isolation hospital (Alexandra Hospital) from 1902, and began to be developed as a village from 1906 when the 365-acre Wigmore agricultural estate was partitioned and sold as plots, initially as smallholdings (hence the local “Smallholders Club”) and rural shanties for Medway families. The first local church - St Matthews - dates back to 1925; a prefab Evangelical church was opened later on.
Now a fully suburbanised village within south Gillingham, the area has a community primary school, medical centre, and local football team, Wigmore Youth F.C.
Rock bands associated with the locality-championing Medway scene have referenced Wigmore; The Buff Medways in the song "Medway Wheelers" (2005) and the Len Price 3 with "Wigmore Swingers" (2014).
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