| Wistow | |
|---|---|
 St Wistan's church, Wistow | |
  Wistow Location within Leicestershire | |
| Area | 1.421875 sq mi (3.68264 km2) |
| Population | 62 (2011)[1] |
| • Density | 44/sq mi (17/km2) |
| OS grid reference | SP643960 |
| • London | 82 mi (132 km) |
| Civil parish |
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| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | LEICESTER |
| Postcode district | LE8 |
| Dialling code | 0116 |
| Police | Leicestershire |
| Fire | Leicestershire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
| Website | Wistow cum Newton Harcourt Parish Council |
Wistow is a deserted medieval village and civil parish in the Harborough district, in the English county of Leicestershire, and lies seven miles south-east of the city of Leicester in the valley of the River Sence. Since 1 April 1936 it has included most of the former civil parish of Newton Harcourt[2] which was a chapelry of Wistow. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 256.[3]
The village was named as Wistanestou in the Domesday Book and is thought to derive from Wigstan (OE male personal name) + OE stow 'a holy place'; 'The holy place of Wigstan'.[4] It is thought to be the site of the martyrdom of Saint Wigstan, a Mercian prince. Wistow was part of the royal multiple estate of aet Glenne (Great Glen).[5] Wistow is listed in the Domesday book of 1086 as a settlement of many households owned by Robert the bursar.[6][7]
- ^ "Wistow parish postcodes". doogal.co.uk. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
- ^ "Relationships and changes Newton Harcourt Ch/CP through time". Vision of Britain. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
- ^ "Wistow Parish Local Area Report". nomisweb.co.uk. nomis official labour market statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
- ^ Bourne, Jill (2003). Understanding Leicestershire and Rutland place-names. Loughborough: Heart of Albion. p. 92. ISBN 1-87288-371-0.
- ^ Bourne, Jill (1996). Anglo-Saxons landscapes in the East Midlands. Leicester: Leicestershire Museums Arts and Records Service. ISBN 0-85022-394-6.
- ^ "Open Domesday: Wistow, Leicestershire". opendomesday.org. Open Domesday. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
- ^ "bursar, or dispenser". domesdaybook.net. Hull Domesday Project. Retrieved 24 March 2022.