 The town is mentioned twice in the diaries of Samuel Pepys.On 22 July 1661, Pepys stopped off at "Bigglesworth" to buy a pair of warm woollen stockings.On 5 August 1664, Pepys's wife, on a visit to relations in Huntingdonshire, sent him a message saying she had arrived in "Bigglesworth" on the coach from York and would be home next day.