•  Caister St Edmund, Norfolk

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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Caister St Edmund like this:

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. ...

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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.

Caister St Edmund through time

Caister St Edmund is now part of South Norfolk district. Click here for graphs and data of how South Norfolk has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Caister St Edmund itself, go to Units and Statistics.

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