Editing Caistor (section)

{{Short description|Town and civil parish in Lincolnshire, England}}
{{distinguish|Castor (disambiguation){{!}}Castor}}
{{about|the town in Lincolnshire|the Roman settlement in Norfolk|Caistor St Edmund|the village in Norfolk|Caister-on-Sea}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2023}}
{{Use British English|date=October 2014}}
{{Infobox UK place
|static_image_name = Caistor - Market Place - geograph.org.uk - 58039.jpg
|static_image_caption = Caistor Market Place
|country =                 England
|coordinates = {{coord|53.494|-0.322|display=inline,title}}
|official_name=            Caistor
|population = 2,601
|population_ref = ''(2001)''
|civil_parish=  Caistor
|shire_district=          [[West Lindsey]]
|shire_county =           [[Lincolnshire]]
|region=                   East Midlands
|constituency_westminster=[[Gainsborough (UK Parliament constituency)|Gainsborough]]
|post_town=                MARKET RASEN
|postcode_district =       LN7
|postcode_area=            LN
|dial_code=                01472
|os_grid_reference=        TA1101
| london_distance_mi=      135<!-- straight line per MOS – constant and comparable with other place distances -->
| london_direction=        S
}}

'''Caistor''' is a town and [[civil parish]] in the [[West Lindsey]] district of [[Lincolnshire]], England. As its name implies, it was originally a [[Roman Empire|Roman]] [[castrum]] or fortress.<ref name=ps1>{{cite PastScape|mnumber=80330|mname=Roman remains in Caistor|access-date=25 March 2015}}</ref> It lies at the north-west edge of the [[Lincolnshire Wolds]], on the [[Viking Way]], and just off the [[A46 road|A46]] between [[Lincoln, England|Lincoln]] and [[Grimsby]], at the A46, [[A1084 road|A1084]], [[A1173 road|A1173]] and B1225 junction. It has a population of 2,601.<ref>{{cite web|title=Parish headcounts: West Lindsey|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/viewFullDataset.do?instanceSelection=03070&productId=779&$ph=60_61&datasetInstanceId=3070&startColumn=1&numberOfColumns=8&containerAreaId=790461|work=Neighbourhood Statistics|publisher=Office for National Statistics|access-date=6 September 2011|archive-date=13 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110613015630/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/viewFullDataset.do?instanceSelection=03070&productId=779&$ph=60_61&datasetInstanceId=3070&startColumn=1&numberOfColumns=8&containerAreaId=790461|url-status=dead}}</ref> Its name comes from the [[Old English|Anglo-Saxon]] ''ceaster'' ("[[Ancient Rome|Roman]] camp" or "town") and was given in the [[Domesday Book]] of 1086 as ''Castre''.<ref>{{cite PastScape|mnumber=925982|mname=Caistor in Domesday and as a Borough|access-date=25 March 2015}}</ref>