Wistow

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Wistow is a hamlet in Leicestershire

Other current and historical names

Witenesto
Wistanestou

Parish/Community: Wistow
District/Borough: Harborough
County: Leicestershire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 52°33'28"N 1°3'35"W
Eastings/Northings: 463844, 295991
OS Grid: SP638959
Mapcode Local: GBR 9PV.NWL
Mapcode Global: WHFKW.PYKV

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 township, Leicestershire, on Union Canal, 7 miles SE. of Leicester - par., 2100 ac., pop. 234; township, pop. 49; contains Wistow Hall, seat.

Wistow in the Domesday Book

A village in Gartree hundred, in the county of Leicestershire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Edwin Alfrith
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert the bursar
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert the bursar
- Taxable Value: 11 ³⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1070; £2 10/- in 1086
- Households: 5 villagers; 5 smallholders; 9 freemen; 1 slave; 2 Frenchmen
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 4 men's ploughs (8 plough lands)
- Meadow: 10 acres
- Mills: 1, value 2 shillings
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Aelmer
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert the bursar
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert the bursar
- Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 2 shillings in 1086

British Place Names

Wistow, Leicestershire

Wistow is a hamlet in Leicestershire

Wistow in historic gazetteers

Wistow in the Domesday Book