Wistow

Other current and historical names

Wistou

Built-Up Area: Wistow
Parish/Community: Wistow
District/Borough: Huntingdonshire
County: Cambridgeshire
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°24'44"N 0°7'19"W
Eastings/Northings: 527830, 281037
OS Grid: TL278810
Mapcode Local: GBR J1S.RYD
Mapcode Global: VHGLJ.TMVJ

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

Wistow in historic gazetteers

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

Wistow.-- par. and vil., Huntingdonshire - par., 2070 ac., pop. 392; vil., 3 miles S. of Ramsey; P.O.; in vicinity is Wistow House, seat.

Wistow in the Domesday Book

A village in Hurstingstone hundred, in the county of Huntingdonshire.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Ramsey St Benedict
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Ramsey
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Ramsey
- Taxable Value: 9 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £9 in 1066; £8 in 1086
- Households: 32 villagers; 1 priest
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 11 men's ploughs (16 plough lands)
- Meadow: 24 acres
- Woodland: 1 league
- Churches: 1
- Mills: 1, value 2 shillings

British Place Names

Wistow, Cambridgeshire

Wistow is a village in Wistow , Cambridgeshire

Wistow in historic gazetteers

Wistow in the Domesday Book