Caistor

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. The area occupied by the fortress is now classified as a scheduled monument. The church of St Peter and St Paul, which is enclosed within the fortress, has an Anglo-Saxon tower.{{cite PastScape|mnumber=80342|mname=St Peter and St Pauls Church|access-date=25 March 2015}} The 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. Notable buildings in the town include Caistor Grammar School, founded in 1633,{{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}} 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.{{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}}{{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}}{{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}}

Caistor Grammar School dates from the reign of Charles I. An academy with a selective pupil intake, it has specialist school status for sports and humanities.{{Citation needed|date=July 2011}} Sir Henry Newbolt, author of Drake's Drum, was educated at the school.{{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}}{{cite book|title=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography|year=2004|author=David Gervais (article 'Newbolt, Sir Henry John (1862–1938)’)}}

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.

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 269(SM) Sqn. equipped with three Thor missiles. The site has now returned to agricultural use, and little remains of the military facilities.[http://www.raf-lincolnshire.info/caistor/caistor.htm "RAF Caistor"], Raf-lincolnshire.info. Retrieved 8 September 2010[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

The nearest railway station is Barnetby railway station. The town was formerly served by the stations at both North Kelsey and 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. Operated by Stagecoach.

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

Television signals are received from either the Emley Moor or 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 & Northern Lincolnshire.

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

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).{{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}} Audleby House on Brigg Road is a Grade II listed building.{{NHLE|desc=Audleby House|num=1166088|access-date=30 June 2011}}

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 I.{{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}}{{cite PastScape|mnumber=80359|mname=Fonaby DMV|access-date=3 July 2011}} Fonaby is currently made of 3 farms, and 1 additional house. One of the farms and the house are fronted by the viking

• Admiral Nigel Malim lived at Caistor.[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
• Gary Turner, sideshow performer and World Record holder, was born in Caistor.

According to a local tradition, one of 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 crucified on the orders of a Roman procurator called Catus Decianus on 10 May AD61. (However, there are competing theories as to what became of Simon the Zealot.)Codd, Daniel. Mysterious Lincolnshire. (Breedon Books Publishing Co Ltd). p.12-13. {{ISBN|978 1 85983 563 0}}.

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• [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]
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