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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 Selby district, W. R. Yorkshire; 3 miles NW by N of Selby r. station. It has a post-office under Selby. Acres, 3,870. Real property, £7,327. Pop., 849. Houses, 185. The property is subdivided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York. Value, £300. Patron, the Archbishop of York. The church is ancient but good. There are a Wesleyan chapel, a free school, and charities £30.
Wistow is now part of NORTH YORKSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTH YORKSHIRE 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 North Yorkshire and West Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Ireland through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofireland.org/place/14484
Date accessed: 18th November 2025
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