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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Wistanstow like this:
WISTANSTOW, a parish, with a village and eight townships, in Church-Stretton district, Salop; on the Shrewsbury and Hereford railway, 1¼ mile N of Craven-Arms-Junction r. station, and 5¾ S by W of Church-Stretton. It has a post-office, designated Wistanstow, Shropshire. Acres, 5,160. ...
Real property, £3,809. Pop., 1,121. Houses, 230. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory, with Cwm-Head chapelry, in the diocese of Hereford. Value, £870.* Patron, the Rev. E.Swainson. The church is good; and there are a national school, and charities £15.
Wistanstow is now part of SHROPSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how SHROPSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Wistanstow itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Wistanstow in Shropshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10531
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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