Wistanstow

Other current and historical names

Wistanestou

Parish/Community: Wistanstow
Unitary Authority: Shropshire
Region: West Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°27'51"N 2°50'14"W
Eastings/Northings: 343209, 285484
OS Grid: SO432854
Mapcode Local: GBR BF.KS5L
Mapcode Global: VH766.RBW5

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Wistanstow within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Wistanstow in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Wistanstow, par. and vil., Shropshire - par., 5160 ac., pop. 960; vil., 6 miles S. of Church Stretton; P.O.

Wistanstow in the Domesday Book

A village in Leintwardine hundred, in the county of Shropshire.

- Overlord in 1066: Canons of St Alkmund Shrewsbury
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Spirtes the priest
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Nigel the doctor
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Nigel the doctor
- Taxable Value: 4 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1066; £1 in 1086
- Households: 7 villagers; 1 villager
- Plough Teams: 7 men's ploughs (15 plough lands)
- Mills: 1

British Place Names

Wistanstow, Shropshire

Wistanstow is a village in Shropshire

Wistanstow in historic gazetteers

Wistanstow in the Domesday Book