Caistor

Other current and historical names

Castor
Castre
Sandbraes
Caer Egarry
Thong Caster
Thuang Caster
Thong Ceastre

Built-Up Area: Caistor
Parish/Community: Caistor
District/Borough: West Lindsey
County: Lincolnshire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 53°29'51"N 0°19'0"W
Eastings/Northings: 511752, 401419
OS Grid: TA117014
Mapcode Local: GBR VW7Z.6Y
Mapcode Global: WHHJ2.3CD0

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Caistor within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Caistor in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Caistor.-- town, par., and township, N. Lincolnshire, 3 miles E. of Moortown ry. sta. and 7½ miles SE. of Brigg -- par., 6490 ac., pop. 2090; town, pop. 1867; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks.

Caistor in the Domesday Book

A village in Yarborough hundred, in the county of Lincolnshire.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Morcar
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £30 in 1066; £50 in 1086
- Households: 40 villagers; 12 freemen; 1 priest
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 3 men's ploughs (6 plough lands)
- Meadow: 60 acres
- Churches: 1
- Mills: 4, value 13/2½

British Place Names

Caistor, Lincolnshire

Caistor is a village in Lincolnshire

Caistor in historic gazetteers

Caistor in the Domesday Book