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Horncastle
Sign in to saveHorncastle is a market town and civil parish in the East Lindsey district in Lincolnshire, England. It is east of Lincoln. Its population was 6,815 at the 2011 census, growing to an estimated 7,123 in 2019 and recorded as 7,291 in the 2021 census. A section of the ancient Roman walls remains.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Horncastle
- UK place.static_image_width
- 200
- UK place.area_total_km2
- 5.73
- UK place.population
- 7,291
- UK place.population_ref
- (2021)
- UK place.civil_parish
- Horncastle
- UK place.shire_district
- East Lindsey
- UK place.shire_county
- Lincolnshire
- UK place.region
- East Midlands
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Louth and Horncastle
- UK place.post_town
- HORNCASTLE
- UK place.postcode_district
- LN9
- UK place.postcode_area
- LN
- UK place.dial_code
- 01507
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- TF2669
- UK place.london_distance_mi
- 115
- UK place.london_direction
- S
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Article
34 sectionsContents
- History
- Romans
- Domesday Book
- Church
- English Civil War
- Blood sports
- Market and horse fair
- Notable buildings
- Population
- Geography
- Demographics
- Economy
- Governance
- Politics
- Education
- Primary schooling
- Secondary schooling
- Colleges
- Transport
- Roads
- Railway
- Waterways
- Media
- Sport
- Field games
- Court games
- Floods
- Twin town
- Tourism
- Walking Tours
- Outdoor Activities
- Notable people
- References
- External links
Horncastle is a market town and civil parish in the East Lindsey district in Lincolnshire, England. It is east of Lincoln. Its population was 6,815 at the 2011 census, growing to an estimated 7,123 in 2019 and recorded as 7,291 in the 2021 census. A section of the ancient Roman walls remains.
==History== ===Romans=== Although fortified, Horncastle was not on any important Roman roads, which suggests that the River Bain was the principal route of access to it.