[3] In the Domesday Survey of 1086, the area was called Wistanestune and was a going concern having a population of 25 to 30 people, valuable woodland and arable land, and deer roaming about.

[citation needed] The current Chairman of the Parish Council is Councillor John Moore.

[citation needed] The annual Parish Council meeting, to which all local Wistonians are invited, is held in April each year in the Wistaston Memorial Hall.

[citation needed] Wistaston Sports and Leisure Association run the Eric Swan Sports Ground and Brittles Pavilion; the ground is located off Church Lane behind the primary school.

[5] The village magazine, Roundabout, is circulated to over 4,000 homes within Wistaston four times a year.