Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for CAISTOR-ST. EDMUNDS

CAISTOR-ST. EDMUNDS, a small village and a parish in Henstead district, Norfolk. The village stands on the river Tees, near the Eastern Union railway, 3 miles south of Norwich. The Venta-Icenorum of the Romans, their principal station in the country of the Iceni, was here; and Roman roads went hence to Brancaster, Cromer, Burgh-Castle, Dunwich, Bury, Cambridge, Colchester, and London. Substructions or traces of Roman buildings occur over an area of 30 acres; and Roman urns, bronzes, numerous coins, and other relics have been found. Ancient Norwich is believed to have been built of materials from the Roman structures here; and hence the old rhyme,-

Caistor was a city when Norwich was none,
And Norwich was built of Caistor stone.

The parish comprises 1,044 acres; and its Post Town is Norwich. Real property, £2,384. Pop., 162. Houses, 37. The property is divided among a few. Caistor Hall is the seat of Mrs. H. Dashwood. The living is a rectory, united with the sinecure rectory of Markshall, in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £447.* Patron, Mrs. H. Dashwood. The church stands within the old Roman enclosure, and has a few Roman bricks in its masonry. Charities, £42.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a small village and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Caister St Edmund CP/AP       Henstead RegD/PLU       Norfolk AncC
Place: Caister St Edmund

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