Caistor

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See Caistor St Edmund for the Roman settlement in Norfolk or Caister-on-Sea for the town in Norfolk

Map sources for Caistor at grid reference TA1101

Caistor is an attractive Georgian town situated in Lincolnshire, England and was, as its name implies, originally a Roman fortress. Only a few fragments of the fourth century walls remain, but the area occupied by the fortress is now classified as a Scheduled Ancient Monument. The church of St. Peter and St. Paul which is enclosed within the fortress has an Anglo-Saxon tower. The picturesque market square lies at the heart of a conservation area which contains 56, mainly grade II listed buildings. In numerical terms, the number of listed buildings makes Caistor the most important Conservation Area in the West Lindsey area, many of the buildings are Georgian or Victorian.

Caistor lies on the North Western edge of the Lincolnshire Wolds, an area of outstanding natural beauty (AONB) on the Viking Way long-distance footpath just off the A46 between Lincoln and Grimsby at the A46 / A1084 / A1173 / B1225 Junction. It has a population of around 2,600 people and is ideally situated for residents and business alike with easy access to the whole of the North Lincolnshire area.

Sir Henry Newbolt, author of "Drake's Drum", was educated at Caistor's old Grammar School. Notable buildings in the town include Caistor Grammar School, founded in 1633, and Sessions House, built in 1662.

Its name comes from Anglo-Saxon ceaster = "Roman camp" or "town".