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| Name | Caistor St. Edmund |
| Alt names | Caister-by-Norwich | source: Wacher, Roman Britain (1998) p 308 | | Caistor St Edmunds | source: Domesday Book (1985) p 187; Gazetteer of Great Britain (1999) p 127 | | Caistor Saint Edmunds | source: long form | | Caistor-by-Norwich | source: Roman-Britian.org [online] accessed 4 August 2004; Salway, Roman Britain (1991) map 6; Wacher, Roman Britain (1998) p 103 | | Caistor-St. Edmunds | source: Family History Library Catalog | | Castra | source: Domesday Book (1985) p 187 | | Castru | source: Domesday Book (1985) p 187 | | Icinos | source: Roman-Britian.org [online] accessed 4 Aug 2004 | | Venta Cenomum | source: Roman-Britian.org [online] accessed 4 Aug 2004 | | Venta Icenorum | source: Roman-Britian.org [online] accessed 4 Aug 2004; Salway, Roman Britain (1991) p 783 | | Caister St. Edmund | source: spelling error |
| Type | Parish (ancient), Civil parish |
| Coordinates | 52.583°N 1.288°E |
| Located in | Norfolk, England |
| See also | Henstead Hundred, Norfolk, England | hundred in which it was located |
- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the following text is based on an article in Wikipedia
Caistor St. Edmund is a village on the River Tas, near Norwich, Norfolk, England. It covers an area of 6.55 square kilometres (2.53 sq mi) and had a population of 270 in 116 households at the 2001 UK census, the population increasing to 289 at the 2011 UK census.
The remains of a Roman market town and capital of the Iceni tribe, Venta Icenorum, are nearby. It is assumed that the Roman 'Stone Street' runs from Dunwich on the Suffolk coast to Caistor St Edmund near Norwich. The parish church of St Edmund's lies at the south-east corner of the old Roman town. Caistor St Edmund features on the Antonine Itinerary, a Roman "road map" of the routes around Britain.
Caistor Old Hall was built in 1612 for Thomas Pettus. During the 19th century it was owned by John Spurrell (son of William Spurrell, of Thurgarton, Norfolk). The River Tas passes under Markshall bridge, just north of the Roman camp, and then flows on towards Arminghall and Trowse.
A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Caistor from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1871-72:
- "CAISTOR-ST. EDMUNDS, a small village and a parish in Henstead [registration] 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. Population: 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."
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