Wistanstow, Shropshire Family History Guide
Wistanstow is an Ancient Parish in the county of Shropshire.
Other places in the parish include: Wittingstow, Woolston, Cheney Longville, Felhampton, Strefford, Horderley Village, Longvylle, and Grove.
Parish church: Holy Trinity
Parish registers begin: 1687
Nonconformists include: Primitive Methodist and Wesleyan Methodist.
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Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
Wistanstow
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
WISTANSTOW, a parish, with a village and eight townships, in Church-Stretton district, Salop; on the Shrewsbury and Hereford railway, 1¼ mile N of Craven-Arms-Junction r. station, and 5¾ S by W of Church-Stretton. It has a post-office, designated Wistanstow, Shropshire. Acres, 5,160. Real property, £3,809. Pop., 1,121. Houses, 230. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory, with Cwm-Head chapelry, in the diocese of Hereford. Value, £870. Patron, the Rev. E.Swainson. The church is good; and there are a national school, and charities £15.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Cheney Longville
Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales Circa 1870
CHENEY-LONGVILLE, a township in Wistanstow parish, Salop; 6 ½ miles SSW of Church-Stretton. Pop., 125.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Felhampton
Gregory Shropshire Gazetteer 1824
Felhampton. A township in the parish of Wistanstow, and in the upper division of the hundred of Munslow. 4 miles south of Church Stretton. Felhampton hall is the residence of – Marston, Esq.
Source: The Shropshire Gazetteer, with an Appendix, including a Survey of the County and Valuable Miscellaneous Information, with Plates. Printed and Published by T. Gregory, Wem, 1824
Parish Registers
The Register of Wistanstow
Parish Records
FamilySearch
Church Records
Bishop’s transcripts for Wistanstow, 1638, 1661-1852
Parish registers for Snead, 1665-1883
Computer printout of Wistanstow, Shropshire, England
Cemeteries
Cwm Head, Wistanstow, Shropshire, monumental inscriptions, 1929-1989
Monumental inscriptions at Holy Trinity Church, Wistanstow, Shropshire : 1700-1997
Census
Census returns for Wistanstow, 1841-1891
Poll Books
Wistanstow, Shropshire, Poll Book 1865
Below are the names of those that voted in the election of July 1865 between Col. The Hon. P. E. Herbert, Sir Baldwin Leighton, Bart., and R. Jasper More, Esq.
Poll Book of the Election, July 1865 for the Southern Division of Shropshire.
Church Stretton Polling District
Wistanstow, Parish of
1349 Bach Edward
1350 Bayhnam William
1351 Baynham William, jun.
1352 Beamand John
1353 Beddoes George
1354 Beddoes William Minton
1355 Beddoes Francis Minton
1356 Beamont Thomas
1357 Bufton Samuel
1358 Bull James
1359 Bounds Edward
1360 Cadwallader Edward
1361 Child John
1362 Dodson George Timmis
1363 Davies John
1364 Davies William
1365 Davies Henry
1366 Duppa Thomas Duppa
1367 Edwards John
1368 Edwards John
1369 Eyton Thomas Edmond
1370 Griffiths William, see 2079
1371 Gough Richard
1372 Hancox Thomas
1373 Holyake Thomas
1374 Haynes Rev. Richard
1375 Hince John, see 2464
1376 Howells John
1377 Humphreys Joseph
1378 Jones Richard
1379 Jones Robert
1380 Lewis John
1381 Lloyd John Charles
1382 Marston Francis, dead
1383 McCartney Robert, see 1076
1384 Minton Richard
1385 Meire John, see 3617
1386 Owen John
1387 Owen Thomas
1388 Owen John
1389 Paget Thomas, dead
1390 Phillips William, see 2592
1391 Price Edward
1392 Richards James
1393 Rogers William
1394 Smith Thomas
1395 Swainson Edward Christopher, see 2045
1396 Thomas William
1397 Vaughan Thomas Hughes
1398 Wade John
1399 Wilkinson Richard
1400 Williams John
Shropshire Historical Directories
Administration
- County: Shropshire
- Civil Registration District: Church Stretton
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Hereford (Episcopal Consistory)
- Diocese: Hereford
- Rural Deanery: Clun
- Poor Law Union: Church Stretton
- Hundred: Purslow
- Province: Canterbury