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Lincolnshire Towns & Parishes

Nearby Places

Caistor

Business and Commerce Records

• From the Stamford Mercury Friday 15th February 1793. [Mark in Barcelona]
  
  

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Census

• 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:
  
  

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Church History

• The Anglican parish church is dedicated to St. Peter and St. Paul.
  
  
• The church was built in the reign of Henry III.
  
  
• The church was restored in 1863.
  
  
• Here are two photographs of the church supplied by Ron Cole (who retains the copyright):
  
  
  

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Church Records

• The Lincolnshire FHS has published several marriage indexes and a burial index for the Westwold Deanery to make your search easier.
  
  
• Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
  
  

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Civil Registration

• 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.
  
  

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Description and Travel

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.
  
  

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Directories

• Use the local version supplied by William Wallworth: Pigot 1828 Directory.
  
  

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History

• A Police Station was built here in 1855.
  
  
• The Caistor Gas Works was erected in 1856.
  
  

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Maps

• 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.
  
  

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Names, Geographical

• Caistor is derived from the Roman word "Castra", meaning "camp" or garrison place.
  
  
• 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".
  
  

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Names, Personal

• Click to see the text file: Bailey's British Merchant's and Trader's Useful Companion for 1784 list of names. [Mark in Barcelona]
  
  

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Politics and Governance

• The parish was in the ancient Yarborough Wapentake in the West Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• 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.
  
  

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Population

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Schools

• 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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