Wistow

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proper noun

A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL2781).

OriginOld English wīc + stōw →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL2781).
  2. A hamlet and civil parish (known as Wistow cum Newton Harcourt) in Harborough district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SP6495).
  3. A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Selby district (OS grid ref SE5935).
  4. A small town in Mount Barker council area, South Australia.

Origin

  1. Old Englishwīc + stōw“dwelling place”
  2. EnglishWistow

From Old English wīc + stōw (“dwelling place”).

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APA

Wistow. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Wistow

MLA

“Wistow.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Wistow. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Wistow,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Wistow.

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