Wistow has a good deal of history attached to it and there is evidence that the Romans lived here. Wistow used to be called Wicstowe with the first part of that name being derived from the Latin word Vicus, which means a civillian settlement close to a military garrison. There was mention of a church here at the time of the Domesday Survey in 1086. That original building fell in to ruins and was rebuilt between the years 1180 and 1200. It was rebuilt again during the first half of the 14th century, with some fragments of the earlier structure being present in the walls today. The rebuilt chancel was consecrated in 1347, with the rest of the church being dedicated in 1351. At that time the church here was given the right of burial, so that parishoners could be interred in the church grounds for the first time.
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