Wistow is a small village and

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...

just north of

Selby Selby is a market town and civil parish in the Selby District of North Yorkshire, England, south of York on the River Ouse, with a population at the 2011 census of 14,731. The town was historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire until ...

North Yorkshire North Yorkshire is the largest ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county (lieutenancy area) in England, covering an area of . Around 40% of the county is covered by National parks of the United Kingdom, national parks, including most of ...

, England. In the 2011 Census it had 1,333 residents; an increase from 2001 when there was 1,135. It was historically part of the

West Riding of Yorkshire The West Riding of Yorkshire is one of three historic subdivisions of Yorkshire, England. From 1889 to 1974 the administrative county County of York, West Riding (the area under the control of West Riding County Council), abbreviated County ...

until 1974.

History and overview

All Saints' Church in Wistow is a Grade I listed building erected in the 15th century and expanded in 1901. It continues to hold community services, and has three functioning bells. From 1983 until 2004 Wistow had a

colliery Coal mining is the process of extracting coal from the ground. Coal is valued for its energy content and since the 1880s has been widely used to generate electricity. Steel and cement industries use coal as a fuel for extraction of iron from ...

, part of the

Selby Coalfield Selby coalfield (also known as the Selby complex, or Selby 'superpit') was a large-scale deep underground mine complex based around Selby, North Yorkshire, England, with pitheads at ''Wistow Mine'', ''Stillingfleet Mine'', ''Riccall Mine'', ''Nor ...

. Wistow railway station provided a passenger service from 1898 to 1929 and continued to provide goods services until total closure in 1960. Wistow Parochial serves as the village primary school and

Selby High School Selby High School is a co-educational secondary school in North Yorkshire, England. Its main catchment area is the town of Selby and villages from the Selby District, including Thorpe Willoughby, Hambleton, Monk Fryston, Cawood and Wistow. H ...

is the nearest provider for secondary education. The Black Swan is the public house in the settlement. There is also a Methodist Chapel, fish & chips vendor, guest house, boarding kennels, a cattery and a nursery. A notable building to the north-east of Wistow called Jubilee Hall, is used as a place for hosting village events.History @ Village website
Retrieved 27 June 2019. William Thompson, a viticulturist credited in California with the development of the

Thompson Seedless The sultana is a "white" (pale green), oval seedless grape variety also called the sultanina, Thompson Seedless (United States), Lady de Coverly (England), and oval-fruited Kishmish (Iraq, Iran, Israel, Palestine, Pakistan, Afghanistan, India). ...

grape variety, was born and raised in Wistow.

References

External links

Village website
Civil parishes in North Yorkshire Selby District Villages in North Yorkshire {{selby-geo-stub