The Norman invaders created the County of Carlisle, building Carlisle Castle in Carlisle in 1092 for its administrative centre. Odard de Logis became William II's Sheriff of Carlisle and was made Baron of Wigton about 1100 ADsource: Testa de Nevill 1212 quoted in Higham p5 when it became a Norman barony. Wigton gained its market charter in 1262.source: Quo warranto Inquest c1292 quoted by Higham p6 The de Logis barons changed their surname to de Wigton around 1208 but the male line of the family died out in 1348, so the manor passed to the Barony of Cockermouth. Although the town's layout is generally Anglian or medieval, its architecture is mainly in the 18th-century Georgian style which remains largely intact.
