Caistor

Caistor
Caistor Market Place
Caistor is located in Lincolnshire
Caistor
Caistor
Location within Lincolnshire
Population2,601 (2001)
OS grid referenceTA1101
• London135 mi (217 km) S
Civil parish
  • Caistor
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townMARKET RASEN
Postcode districtLN7
Dialling code01472
PoliceLincolnshire
FireLincolnshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Lincolnshire
53°29′38″N 0°19′19″W / 53.494°N 0.322°W / 53.494; -0.322

Caistor is a town and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. As its name implies, it was originally a Roman castrum or fortress.[1] It lies at the north-west edge of the Lincolnshire Wolds, on the Viking Way, and just off the A46 between Lincoln and Grimsby, at the A46, A1084, A1173 and B1225 junction. It has a population of 2,601.[2] Its name comes from the Anglo-Saxon ceaster ("Roman camp" or "town") and was given in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Castre.[3]

  1. ^ Historic England. "Roman remains in Caistor (80330)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 25 March 2015.
  2. ^ "Parish headcounts: West Lindsey". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 13 June 2011. Retrieved 6 September 2011.
  3. ^ Historic England. "Caistor in Domesday and as a Borough (925982)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 25 March 2015.

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