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The Ancient Parish of WISTOW

[Transcribed information from the early 1820s]

"WISTOW, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Barkston-Ash, liberties of St. Peter, and of Cawood, Wistow, and Otley; 2 miles from Cawood, 3 miles N. of Selby, 12 from York. Pop. 633. The Church, peculiar, is a vicarage, dedicated to All-Saints (see Churches for photograph), in the deanry of the Ainsty, value, ~£8. Patron, the Prebendary thereof.

The Archbishop of York usually holds a Court of Pypowder at the Lammas Fair, at York, the jury of which is impannelled out of this place. --Drake."

Churches

• Here are photographs of Churches in the parish:
  • All Saints' Church, Wistow - view 1.
  • All Saints' Church, Wistow - view 2.
  • Methodist Chapel, Wistow.

Church Records

• The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Parish of Wistow.

Directories

• Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in Baines's Directory and Gazetteer Directory of 1822.

Gazetteers

• There is further information about this parish from National Gazetteer 1868 Yorkshire extracts.

Maps

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• For a more detailed map of the parishes in the riding please see the Yorkshire parish maps page.
• For a more detailed map of the county please see the Yorkshire map page.
• Here is a map showing the wapentakes for the county.
• View maps of Wistow and places within the boundaries of its ancient parish.

Memorial Inscriptions

• A transcription of the War Memorial in All Saints' Churchyard, Wistow.

Names (Geographical)

• The following places are within the boundaries of this (ancient) parish, but I have no further information on them other than the Ordnance Survey Landranger Grid reference shown:
  • (SE595361) Dawker Hill

Societies

• This parish is covered by the following Society:
  • The City of York and District FHS