Wistow

• 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:
   

• 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.
   

• Geograph
• Flickr

• Ask for a calculation of the distance from Wistow to another place.

You can see the administrative areas in which Wistow has been placed at times in the past. Select one to see a link to a map of that particular area.

• 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)
• OldMaps (Old Ordnance Survey maps.)
• Old Maps Online (Other old maps.)
• 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.
   

Year	Inhabitants
1801	201
1811	225
1821	307
1831	298
1841	296
1851	261
1871	46
1881	49
1901	61
1911	53
1971	263

• No school is noted in the sources used for this web page.