Wishaw

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Wishaw is a hamlet in Warwickshire

Other current and historical names

Whishaw
Witscaga

Parish/Community: Wishaw
District/Borough: North Warwickshire
County: Warwickshire
Region: West Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 52°32'52"N 1°44'29"W
Eastings/Northings: 417628, 294473
OS Grid: SP176944
Mapcode Local: GBR 4GH.BHP
Mapcode Global: VH9YS.R7P6

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Wishaw within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Wishaw in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Wishaw (or Whishaw), par., Warwickshire, 8 miles NE. of Birmingham, 1196 ac., pop. 173.

Wishaw in the Domesday Book

A village in Coleshill hundred, in the county of Warwickshire.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Ordric uncle of Thorkil
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: William son of Corbucion
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ordric uncle of Thorkil (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1066; 10 shillings in 1086
- Households: 3 villagers; 4 smallholders; 1 priest
- Woodland: 3 furlongs

British Place Names

Wishaw, Warwickshire

Wishaw is a hamlet in Warwickshire

Wishaw in historic gazetteers

Wishaw in the Domesday Book