Caistor
- The Public Cemetery was formed in 1849 under a board of trustees and used principally by the non-conformist churches and chapels.
- The parish was in the Caistor sub-district of the Caistor Registration District.
- Check our Census Resource page for county-wide resources.
- The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
Census
Year |
Piece No. |
| 1841 |
H.O. 107 / 630 |
| 1851 |
H.O. 107 / 2114 |
| 1861 |
R.G. 9 / 2392 |
| 1871 |
R.G. 10 / 3420 |
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to St. Peter and St. Paul.
- The church was built in the reign of Henry III.
- The church tower contains Saxon and Norman work.
- The church was restored in 1863.
- The churchyard was closed for burials in 1909.
- Here are two photographs of the church supplied by Ron Cole (who retains the copyright):
- The Anglican parish register dates from 1584.
- We have the beginnings of the church parish register extract in a text file for your review. Your additions are welcomed.
- The Lincolnshire FHS has published several marriage indexes and a burial index for the Westwold Deanery to make your search easier.
- The Congregationists established a chapel here in 1842. The Primitive Methodists built their chapel in 1878. The Wesleyan Methodists built a chapel in 1842. For more information on these chapel records, see Non-Conformist Church Records.
- Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
- The parish was in the Caistor sub-district of the Caistor Registration District.
- Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which began in July, 1837.
Caistor is a town and a parish in the north of Lincolnshire, in the Wold Hills. It is 23 miles northeast of Lincoln and 11 miles southwest of Grimsby. The parish covers some 6,500 acres and includes the small hamlets of Hundon, Fonaby, and Audleby, as well as Caistor Moor.
If you are planning a visit, see:
- By automobile, take the A46 Trunk Road north out of Lincoln or southwest out of Grimsby.
- The town has its own town information page.
- See our touring page for area resources.
- A great fire swept through the town in 1681, comsuming more than half the buildings and leaving 45 families in poverty.
- Market Day was on Saturdays.
- A Police Station was built here in 1855.
- The Caistor Gas Works was erected in 1856.
- The Public Hall in High Street was erected in 1887.
- The national grid reference is TA 1101.
- You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer map, which has a scale of 2.5 inches to the mile.
- See our Maps page for additional resources.
- The ancient Britons called this place "Caer-Egarry".
- Caistor is derived from the Roman word "Castra", meaning "camp" or garrison place.
- When the Romans left and the Saxons inhabited this town, they called it "Tunnaceaster".
- The name Caistor is pronounced by the locals as either "Kay-yes-ter" or "Ker-yes-ter".
- In old records you may see the name as "Caster" or "Castor".
- The parish was in the ancient Yarborough Wapentake in the West Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
- The Common Lands were enclosed here in 1814.
- With the Poor Law Amendment Act reform of 1834, this parish became the centre of the Caistor Poor Law Union.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1801 |
861 |
| 1811 |
1,051 |
| 1821 |
1,253 |
| 1831 |
1,377 |
| 1851 |
2,166 |
| 1861 |
2,141 |
| 1871 |
2,012 |
| 1881 |
1,867 |
| 1891 |
1,788 |
| 1911 |
1,544 |
- The Free Grammar School was founded in 1630 by way of the will of Francis RAWLINSON. A subsequent endowment was made by William HANSARD.
- See our Schools page for more information on researching school records.
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[Last updated: 20-March-2009 - Louis R. Mills]
