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Description in 1871:
"WISTOW, a parish, with two townships, in Billesdon district, Leicestershire; on the Union canal, near Glen r. station, and 7 SE of Leicester. Post town, Leicester. Acres, 2,100. Real property, £3,488. Pop., 247. Houses, 56. The manor, with W. Hall, belongs to Sir H. Halford, Bart. The Hall received Charles I., after his escape from the battle of Naseby; and contains his saddle and stirrups, and some interesting portraits. The living is a vicarage, with Newton-Harcourt chapelry, in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £92. Patron, Sir H. Halford, Bart. The church is early English."
John Marius WILSON's "Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1870-72"
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- The parish was in the Billesdon subdistrict of the Billesdon Registration District.
- The 1851 Census for Leicestershire has been indexed by the Leicestershire & Rutland Family History Society. The whole index is available on microfiche. The society has also published it in print.
- The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
Census Year | Piece No. |
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1861 | R.G. 9 / 2254 |
1871 | R.G. 10 / 3229 |
1891 | R.G. 12 / 2495 |
- The Anglican parish church was dedicated to Saint Winstan. The name is often rendered as "Wistan".
- The church is in the park near the Hall.
- The church was built before 1575.
- Andrew TATLOW has a photograph of St. Wistan's Church on Geo-graph, taken in June, 2006.
- The Anglican parish register dates from 1575.
- The church was in the rural Gartree deanery (second portion).
- Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
- The parish was in the Billesdon subdistrict of the Billesdon Registration District.
Wistow is a village and an ancient parish sitting 7 miles south-east of Leicester and 9 miles north of Market Haborough. The parish covered just over 892 acres (in 1881), 905 acres in 1912 and was much larger in 1936.
The village has always been a rather small affair. If you are planning a visit:
- By automobile, take the A6 motorway south-east out of Leicester city into Newton Harcourt. Turn right toward Kilby. The village is on Kibworth Road.
- On the web-page author's small scale map (large area) the village of Wistow is not noted.
- The Union Canal passes through the parish.
- Mat FASCIONE has a photograph of the Village Sign on Geo-graph, taken in February, 2014.
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Wistow to another place.
- Wistow Hall was the seat of Sir Henry St. John HALFORD, baronet and loard of the manor, in 1881.
- In the Hall is a glass case containing the saddle and stirrups of King Charles I after his escape from the battle of Naseby.
- By 1912, Wistow Hall had passed to Thomas Francis FREMANTLE.
- Mat FASCIONE has a photograph of Wistow Hall on Geo-graph, taken in February, 2014.
- See our Maps page for additional resources.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SP638959 (Lat/Lon: 52.557208, -1.060375), Wistow which are provided by:
- OpenStreetMap
- Google Maps
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- Bing (was Multimap)
- Old Maps Online
- National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- The parish lies in the Gartree Wapentake (or Hundred) in the southern division of the county.
- In April, 1936, the parish was enlarged when Newton Harcourt parish was abolished and 1,132 acres added to this parish.
- The citizens of this parish have decided to forgo a formal parish council and, instead, have periodic joint Parish Meetings with the citizens of Newton Harcourt.
- District governance is provided by the Harborough District Council, but they are NOT funded to assist you with family history searches.
- Bastardy cases would be heard in the Leicester petty session hearings.
- As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, this parish became part of the Billesdon Poorlaw Union.