Wistanstow
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 Main street through Wistanstow village |
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| Wistanstow shown within Shropshire | |
| Population | 812 (2011) |
| OS grid reference | SO434857 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | CRAVEN ARMS |
| Postcode district | SY7 |
| Dialling code | 01588 |
| Police | West Mercia |
| Fire | Shropshire |
| Ambulance | West Midlands |
| EU Parliament | West Midlands |
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Wistanstow is a village and parish in Shropshire, England.
Wistanstow is located about 8 km south of Church Stretton and 14 km north of Ludlow. It is about 2½ km north of Craven Arms. It is just off the main Shrewsbury-Hereford road, the A49. The large parish includes a number of other small settlements: Woolston, Upper Affcot, Cwm Head, Bushmoor, Strefford, Whittingslow, Felhampton and Cheney Longville, and a population of 724 was recorded in the 2001 census, increasing to 812 at the 2011 Census.
Leamoor Common and Wettles are to the north of the village.
The River Onny flows through the parish, southwest of the village.
The main lane running through the village is a Roman road, which ran between the Roman settlements and forts at Leintwardine and Wroxeter.
The village takes its name from the Anglo-Saxon saint Wigstan who was grandson of the King of Mercia. He was martyred at this location by his great‑uncle. His burial took place at his family crypt at the abbey of Rependon (now known as Repton) the Mercian capital, memorialized as St. Wystan upon his canonization (one of the oldest unaltered places of Christian worship in England). The Saxon suffix stow means (enclosed) place. An uncle of W(ystan) H(ugh) Auden (named for the eponymous saint spelled Wystan by his father who was an alumnus of Repton school built on the remains of the Abbey) wrote the entry for Wistanstow in Little Guide to Shropshire
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