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Also known as Caistor, Lincolnshire

Caistor is a town and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. As its name implies, it was originally a Roman castrum or fortress. It lies at the north-west edge of the Lincolnshire Wolds, on the Viking Way, and just off the A46 between Lincoln and Grimsby, at the A46, A1084, A1173 and B1225 junction. It has a population of 2,601. Its name comes from the Anglo-Saxon ceaster ("Roman camp" or "town") and was given in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Castre.

Key facts

UK place.static_image_name
Caistor - Market Place - geograph.org.uk - 58039.jpg
UK place.static_image_caption
Caistor Market Place
UK place.country
England
UK place.official_name
Caistor
UK place.population
2,601
UK place.population_ref
(2001)
UK place.civil_parish
Caistor
UK place.shire_district
West Lindsey
UK place.shire_county
Lincolnshire
UK place.region
East Midlands
UK place.constituency_westminster
Gainsborough
UK place.post_town
MARKET RASEN
UK place.postcode_district
LN7
UK place.postcode_area
LN
UK place.dial_code
01472
UK place.os_grid_reference
TA1101
UK place.london_distance_mi
135
UK place.london_direction
S

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Instance of
civil parish
Located in
West Lindsey
Population
2674
Time zone
UTC±00:00
Image
Caistor - Market Place - geograph.org.uk - 58039.jpg
Dialing code
01472
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Commons category
Caistor
OS grid reference
TA1101
postal code
LN7
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