 One of the earliest records of Wigston is in the Domesday book as "Wichingstone" in the ancient wapentake of Guthlaxton, listed amongst the lands held by Hugh de Grandmesnil for the King.In the Middle Ages it was known as Wigston Two Spires as, unusually, there were two mediaeval churches there, All Saints' and St Wistan's.St Wistan's is so called because it was one of the places where the body of St Wistan or Wigstan rested before burial.