Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Caistor-next-Yarmonth

Caistor-next-Yarmonth, coast par. and vil. with ry. sta. (Caistor), N. Norfolk, 3 miles N. of Yarmouth, 3047 ac. (215 water), pop. 1572; P.O., called Caistor; has 2 fixed lights (Yarmouth) seen 6 and 4 miles. In the vicinity of the vil. is a ruined castle (15th century), surrounded by a moat.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "coastal parish and village with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Norfolk AncC
Place names: CAISTOR     |     CAISTOR NEXT YARMONTH
Place: Caister Next Yarmouth

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