Welcome to Wistow
View over Alconbury Brook and the two bridges in Wistow, Huntingdonshire
Wystowe (10th and 12th century), Kingestune (id est
Wistow 10th century), Kingestune (11th century) and Wistow (Modern).
Wistow lies on a by-road which turns off westwards
midway between
Bury and Warboys.
It is a small village by a little stream which flows down to it from
Broughton.
Wistow, formerly Kingston, was given to Ramsey Abbey
by Oswold, Archbishop of York. Like other Abbey property it fell to
Sir Richard Cromwell, and was held by that family till the heavy
fines imposed on Sir Oliver Cromwell by Parliament compelled him to
sell it about the middle of 17th century. It was purchased by Sir
Nicholas Pedley, and then came by descent to A. Forster.
In the early 20th century the main residences were; The old Manor
House bearing the date 1662, let in two tenements. The Lodge the
home of Mrs De la Pryme, and belonged to that family. The Chestnuts
the property and residence of Thomas Dorrington, the Manor House
(probably the house of Claxton’s Manor) the residence of C. H. I.
Forster; and "The Laburnums" of T. U. Dorrington.
The church , on the site of its Domesday Book
predecessor, dates from 1347-51 with an earlier font (13th century)
and a tower built in the mid-sixteenth century. Inside is an old
rood screen and some medieval glass of good design.
Wistow is one of the parishes of the District of
Huntingdonshire, whose administrative centre is
Huntingdon, the other principle towns being
St Ives
home of the Chapel on the Bridge,
St Neots
the largest town in the County of Cambridgeshire, the Roman town of
Godmanchester and
Ramsey
site of the former Abbey.

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LOCAL FLOOD ALERT
Flood alerts are in force for the next couple of days in Lower River Great Ouse in Central Bedfordshire, Bedford Borough and Cambridgeshire. There are flood and weather alerts and warnings in place all over the UK.
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News Date: 19/01/2021 18:38

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