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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Wistow like this:
WISTOW, a parish, with a village, in St. Ives district, Hunts; 3 miles S by W of Ramsey r. station. It has a post-office under Huntingdon. Acres, 2,070. Real property, £3,922. Pop., 532. Houses, 108. The manor belongs to Capt. H. Foley. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely. Value, £354.* Patron, the Rev. T. Woodruff. The church is later English. There are an Independent chapel, a national school, and charities £6.
Wistow is now part of HUNTINGDONSHIRE District. Click here for graphs and data of how HUNTINGDONSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Wistow itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Wistow in Huntingdonshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7658
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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