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"CASTON, a pleasant village, 3½ miles S.E. of Watton, has in its parish 513 souls, and 1509A. of land, mostly the property of Sir Edward Bowyer Smijth [sic], Bart., of Essex, and the Rev. B. Barker. The former is lord of the manor of Caston Hall, but part of the parish is in the manors of Newlands, Griston, and Scoulton. The Church (Holy Cross) is a large fabric, with a tower and six bells. The rectory, valued in the King's Book at £11.19s.2d., is consolidated with those of Rockland, All Saints, and St. Peter, in the patronage and incumbency of the Rev. B. Barker, of Shipdham." [William White, History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk (1845) - Transcription copyright © Pat Newby]
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- 1891: Surname List (this is a link to an archived copy)
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Censuses
- In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Breckles, in the archdeaconry of Norwich.
It could have been in a different deanery or archdeaconry both before and after this date. - The parish church is dedicated to the Holy Cross.
- Marriages
- These are included in Boyd's Marriage Index.
They are not included in Phillimore's Marriage Registers. - Parish Register Transcripts
- Baptisms and Marriages.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Church Records
For the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths between 1837 and 1930 (and for the censuses from 1851 to 1901), Caston was in Wayland Registration District.
- Caston Online
- Description of the village, history, pictures, news, maps, etc.
- Caston Parish Council
- Councillors, meetings, minutes, etc.
- Caston Post Mill
- Description and history.
- Caston Tower Mill
- Description, history and pictures.
- 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
- 1854: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk (this is a link to an archived copy)
- 1864: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
- 1883: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
- 1883: Kelly's Directory for Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk (this is a link to an archived copy)
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Directories
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Caston to another place.
Caston is in Wayland Hundred.
- Parish outline and location.
- See Parish Map for Wayland Hundred
- Description of Wayland Hundred
- 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
- Barnes, John S.
- A history of Caston, Norfolk.
Part 1: The parish church, the Methodist church.
Part 2: The windmill, some village businesses, the common right, schools in Caston.
Part 3: Geographical factors, buildings and building materials, a general history.
[Orpington, 1977]
- Great Britain: Statute
- Caston Inclosure Act, 1812.
An act for inclosing lands in the parish of Caston, in the county of Norfolk.
[London, George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, 1812]
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TL958976 (Lat/Lon: 52.540815, 0.885427), Caston which are provided by:
- OpenStreetMap
- Google Maps
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- Bing (was Multimap)
- Old Maps Online
- National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- After 1834 Caston became part of the Wayland Union, and the workhouse was at Rockland All Saints.