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{{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>

==Buildings==
Only a few fragments of the 4th-century walls remain; for example, the original Roman wall is visible on the southern boundary of the parish church of St Peter and St Paul.<ref name=ps1/> The area occupied by the [[fortress]] is now classified as a [[scheduled monument]].<ref name=ps1/> The [[St Peter and St Paul Church, Caistor|church of St Peter and St Paul]], which is enclosed within the fortress, has an [[Anglo-Saxon architecture|Anglo-Saxon tower]].<ref>{{cite PastScape|mnumber=80342|mname=St Peter and St Pauls Church|access-date=25 March 2015}}</ref> The [[market square]] lies at the heart of a [[conservation area]] which contains 56, mainly Grade II, [[listed building]]s. 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 architecture|Georgian]] or [[Victorian architecture|Victorian]]. Notable buildings in the town include [[Caistor Grammar School]], founded in 1633,<ref>{{cite book|series=Victoria County History|title=A History of the county of Lincolnshire|volume=2|year=1906|page=487|editor-first=A.F.|editor-last=Leach}}</ref> and Sessions House, built in 1662.

In 2010 the remains of a 4th-century Roman cemetery were found during the development of a new [[Co-op]] supermarket.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10585564|title=BBC report of Co-op cemetery find | work=BBC News | date=10 July 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lincolnshire.coop/content.asp?PageID=659|title=Co-op report of co-op cemetery find|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718163001/http://www.lincolnshire.coop/content.asp?PageID=659|archive-date=18 July 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pre-construct.co.uk/about%20pca.htm|title=Archaeological contractors for co-op dig, passing mention to ongoing work. Report will be published here|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120316225411/http://www.pre-construct.co.uk/about%20pca.htm|archive-date=16 March 2012}}</ref><!-- whoever put the citation required tag here could have done this. It took me 5 minutes -->

== Education ==

===Grammar school===
[[Caistor Grammar School]] dates from the reign of [[Charles I of England|Charles I]]. An [[academy]] with a selective pupil intake, it has [[specialist schools programme|specialist school]] status for [[Sports College|sports]] and [[Humanities College|humanities]].{{Citation needed|date=July 2011}} Sir [[Henry Newbolt]], author of ''[[Drake's Drum]]'', was educated at the school.<ref>{{cite book|isbn=978-0-7043-7107-1|title=Playing the Game: Biography of Sir Henry Newbolt |last=Chitty|first=Susan|year=1997|publisher=Quartet Books}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography|year=2004|author=David Gervais (article 'Newbolt, Sir Henry John (1862–1938)’)}}</ref>

===Caistor Yarborough Academy School===
[[Caistor Yarborough Academy]] is a mixed [[comprehensive school]] named in memory of John Edward Pelham, the 7th [[Earl of Yarborough]]. Being limited to 570 pupils it is much smaller than the average British school of this type. It has [[Arts College]] status under the English [[specialist schools programme]].{{Citation needed|date=July 2011}} In 2012 the school became an [[Academy (English school)|Academy]].

==RAF Caistor==
Opened in 1940, [[RAF Caistor]] was built as a relief airfield for [[RAF Kirton in Lindsey]], and also used for flying training from its grass runways. Closed in 1945, it later reopened as a nuclear missile base.

Between 1959 and 1963 Caistor was manned by [[No. 269 Squadron RAF|269(SM) Sqn.]] equipped with three [[Project Emily|Thor missile]]s. The site has now returned to agricultural use, and little remains of the military facilities.<ref>[http://www.raf-lincolnshire.info/caistor/caistor.htm "RAF Caistor"], Raf-lincolnshire.info. Retrieved 8 September 2010</ref><ref>[http://www.wartimememories.co.uk/airfields/caister.html "The Wartime Memories Project – RAF Caistor"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120610015228/http://www.wartimememories.co.uk/airfields/caister.html |date=10 June 2012 }}, Wartimememories.co.uk. Retrieved 8 September 2010</ref>

==Transport==
The nearest railway station is [[Barnetby railway station]]. The town was formerly served by the stations at both [[North Kelsey railway station|North Kelsey]] and [[Moortown railway station|Moortown]]. Both are now closed but the station buildings survive as private residences.

The town has bus services to [[Brigg]], [[Grimsby]], [[Market Rasen]] and [[Lincoln, Lincolnshire|Lincoln]]. Operated by [[Stagecoach]].

[[Humberside Airport]] is also located a short distance to the north of the town.

==Media==
Television signals are received from either the [[Emley Moor transmitting station|Emley Moor]] or [[Belmont transmitting station|Belmont]] TV transmitters. 

Local radio stations are provided by [[BBC Radio Humberside]], [[Hits Radio East Yorkshire & North Lincolnshire]], [[Hits Radio Lincolnshire]] and [[Greatest Hits Radio East Yorkshire|Greatest Hits Radio East Yorkshire & Northern Lincolnshire]]. 

The town is served by the local newspaper, [[Grimsby Telegraph]].

==Audleby==
Audleby is a hamlet just north of Fonaby. It is recorded in the ''Domesday Book'' with 33 households, which at the time constituted a significant settlement. Today it is listed as a [[deserted medieval village]] (DMV).<ref>{{cite web|title=Audleby DMV|url=http://www.lincstothepast.com/SITE-OF-AUDLEBY-DMV/233619.record?pt=S|work=Lincs to the Past|publisher=Lincolnshire Archives|access-date=30 June 2011}}</ref> Audleby House on Brigg Road is a Grade II [[listed building]].<ref>{{NHLE|desc=Audleby House|num=1166088|access-date=30 June 2011}}</ref>

==Fonaby==
Fonaby is a hamlet and deserted medieval village just north of Caistor, mentioned in the ''Domesday Book'' as having 18 households and three acres of meadow, and held by [[William the Conqueror|William I]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Fonaby|url=http://www.domesdaymap.co.uk/place/TA1002/fonaby/|work=Domesday Map|publisher=Anna Powell-Smith/University of Hull|access-date=3 July 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite PastScape|mnumber=80359|mname=Fonaby DMV|access-date=3 July 2011}}</ref> Fonaby is currently made of 3 farms, and 1 additional house. One of the farms and the house are fronted by the viking 

==Notable people==
*[[Nigel Malim|Admiral Nigel Malim]] lived at Caistor.<ref>[https://archive.today/20130703114954/http://www.marketrasenmail.co.uk/community/obituaries/08-11-06-rear-admiral-nigel-malim-cb-lvo-dl-1-1173747 Rear Admiral Nigel Malim CB LVO DL] at marketrasenmail.co.uk, accessed 3 July 2013</ref>
*[[Gary Turner (sideshow performer)|Gary Turner]], sideshow performer and World Record holder, was born in Caistor.

== Local tradition ==
According to a local tradition, one of [[Jesus|Jesus's]] [[12 apostles]], [[Simon the Zealot]], came to England, where he is supposed to have been martyred somewhere in the vicinity of Caistor. He was reputedly [[Crucifixion|crucified]] on the orders of a [[Roman Britain|Roman]] [[Procurator (Roman)|procurator]] called [[Catus Decianus]] on 10 May AD61. (However, there are competing theories as to what became of Simon the Zealot.)<ref>Codd, Daniel. ''Mysterious Lincolnshire''. (Breedon Books Publishing Co Ltd). p.12-13. {{ISBN|978 1 85983 563 0}}.</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
{{commons category|Caistor}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071011142448/http://www.workhouses.org.uk/index.html?Caistor%2FCaistor.shtml Caistor Poor Law Union]
*[http://www.caistor.net/ Caistor.net]
* {{OpenDomesday|TA1101|caistor|Caistor}}
* {{OpenDomesday|TA1104|audleby|Audleby}}

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[[Category:Towns in Lincolnshire]]
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