Huntingdonshire Parishes - Wistow
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Brief
Description:
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WISTOW, a parish in the hundred of HURSTINGSTONE, county of HUNTINGDON, 3¾ miles (S.S.W.) from Ramsey, containing 352 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Huntingdon, and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the king's books at £10, 17.8½ and in the patronage of J. Torkington, Esq. The church is dedicated to St. John the Baptist. This
extract is from "Samuel Lewis Topographical Gazeetter - 1831"
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Hundred:
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HURSTINGSTONE |
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Registration
District:
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The parish of Wistow was originally in the St. Ives Registration District from 1st July 1837. It then became part of the Warboys sub-District. From 1st April 1997 it again is directly part of the Huntingdon Registration District. |
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First
Appearance of Name:
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Charter - 974. |
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Updated on: 16 December 2001
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