کایستور
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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
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- West Lindsey
- Population
- 2674
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Image
- Caistor - Market Place - geograph.org.uk - 58039.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01472
Show 3 more facts
- Commons category
- Caistor
- OS grid reference
- TA1101
- postal code
- LN7
Sources (3)
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3 mapped locations