Wistow.
A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL2781).
Meaning & usage
A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL2781).
A hamlet and civil parish (known as Wistow cum Newton Harcourt) in Harborough district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SP6495).
A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Selby district (OS grid ref SE5935).
A small town in Mount Barker council area, South Australia.
Where this word comes from
From Old English wīc + stōw (“dwelling place”).
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