Caistor

See Caistor St Edmund for the Roman settlement in Norfolk.

Caistor is a town in Lincolnshire, England and was, as its name implies, originally a Roman fortress. Only a few fragments of the fourth century Roman walls remain, but the church of Saints Peter and Paul has an Anglo-Saxon tower. The picturesque Market Square is surrounded by handsome houses, many of them Georgian. Caistor has a population of around 2,500 people. It lies on the edge of the Lincolnshire Wolds and on the Viking Way long-distance footpath.

Sir Henry Newbolt, author of "Drake's Drum", was educated at Caistor's old Grammar School. Notable buildings in the town include Caistor Grammar School , founded in 1633, and Sessions House , built in 1662.

• See also The Antonine Itinerary

External Links

• Location map of Caistor
• Caistor Poor Law Union
• Caistor Grammar School