Wistow
Major Settlement in the Parish of Wistow
Historical Forms
- Kingestune id est Wicstoue 974 Rams c.1350
- Wistov 1086 DB 1114–33 BM
- Wyrstowe (sic) 1227 Ass
- Kingeston 1253 BM
- Wyn(e)stowe 1270 Ass
- W(h)ytstowe 1286 Ass
- Wistowe 1321 FF
Etymology
This is OE wīc -stow (v. stow ), which is variously used to denote 'house, dwelling-place or camp.' As the name here seems to be alternatively 'royal manor,' one may perhaps be permitted to take the name to mean 'site of the royal manor- house.' Wistow (Y) has the same history.