Castor

Other current and historical names

Caster
Castra
Castre
Dormund Caster
Kinneburge Caster
Kyneburgceastre

Built-Up Area: Castor
Parish/Community: Castor
Unitary Authority: Peterborough
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°34'17"N 0°20'30"W
Eastings/Northings: 512481, 298371
OS Grid: TL124983
Mapcode Local: GBR GY7.QF2
Mapcode Global: WHGMC.QMGD

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

Castor in historic gazetteers

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

Castor, par. and township with ry. sta., N. Northamptonshire, 5¼ miles W. of Peterborough -- par., 7020 ac., pop. 1158; township, pop. 661; P.O.

Castor in the Domesday Book

A village in Upton hundred, in the county of Northamptonshire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Peterborough St Peter
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Peterborough
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Peterborough
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £2 10/- in 1086
- Households: 13 villagers; 2 smallholders; 1 slave
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 3 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (12 plough lands)
- Meadow: 15 acres
- Woodland: 6 furlongs
- Mills: 1, value 8 shillings
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Peterborough St Peter
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Peterborough
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: 5 men-at-arms (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; £2 in 1086
- Households: 9 villagers; 5 smallholders; 3 slaves
- Plough Teams: 5 lord's ploughs; 2 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs

British Place Names

Castor, Peterborough

Castor is a village in Peterborough

Castor in historic gazetteers

Castor in the Domesday Book