English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Wistow

Major Settlement in the Parish of Wistow

Historical Forms

  • Wicstow, on Wic-stowe c.1030 YCh7
  • Wistow(e), Wystow(e) 1109–14 Selby c.1216 RegAlbiii,50d 1244–54 Selby 1267 Ebor 1281 Selby 1291 Tax 1293 1298 Hom 1641 Rates
  • Wich(e)stowe 1154–63 RegAlbiii,9
  • Wikestow(e), Wykestow(e) 1154–63 RegAlbiii,9 1240 HCY 1267 YI 1276 RH
  • Wycstow 13 Selby
  • Wyxstowe 1316 Pat

Etymology

v. wīc-stōw 'a dwelling place, a camp', cf. Wistow Hu 288.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name