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Caistor Community History
Caistor Community History
We exist to gather information about the town of Caistor.
Caistor is in the county of Lincolnshire, UK.

We exist to share information about Caistor with the whole community.

We run regular meetings.

We can offer tours of Caistor that include:
a general introduction
Roman Wall Walk
Industrial Walk

and can visit your organisation to give a talk about Caistor

Please send us your Family Tree if it refers to Caistor. Also we would like to copy any photographs or documents you may have concerning Caistor.

Can we record you talking about Caistor?

Have you artefacts we can photograph?

We have a display about Caistor in a shop window in the Market Place.

Contact:caistorhistory@aol.com


Next Meetings

Lincolnshire Heritage Open Days
David Saunders static display Caistor’s Pioneers and Explorers - Parish Church Saturday 8th Sept 10am to 4pm; Sun 9th Sept. 11.30 to 4p.m.

Monday 10th September 2007
John Haden - “Captain John Smith from Willoughby” £3 entry 7.30p.m. at Caistor Primary School

Monday 17th September 2007
Workshop Jointly organised by Caistor Community History and Lincolnshire Library Service “People and Buildings of Caistor”
Caistor Library Call in between 4.00p.m. & 6.00 p.m. No charge - Use local and library resources to do some research. Guidance given.
 
Monday 8th October 2007
Workshop - “People and Buildings of Caistor” See September 17th for further details.

Tuesday 9th October  2007
To be finalised and confirmed “The last Laugh! A talk on Epitaphs” £3 entry 7.30p.m. at Caistor Primary School

Monday 12th November 2007
Workshop - “People and Buildings of Caistor” See September 17th for further details.

Tuesday 13th November  2007
Pictures and Memories of Caistor £2 entry 7.30p.m. at Caistor Primary School

The next three talks lead up to the celebrations of 50 years of Joint Church of England and Methodist Primary Education. Caistor was the first school in the country to be managed in this way.

Tuesday 15th January 2008
Linda Crust slides and talk on: “Victorian Childhood in Lincolnshire”£3 entry 7.30p.m. at Caistor Primary School

Tuesday 12th February 2008
David Saunders - “Primary Education in Caistor 19th and 20th Century” £3 entry 7.30p.m. at Caistor Primary School

Tuesday 11th March 2008
“Memories and Pictures of Primary Education in Caistor”  £2 entry 7.30p.m. at Caistor Primary School

Tuesday 15th April 2008
Steve and Judith Jones “The Saxon Period in Lincolnshire and beyond Costumes, Artefacts and illustrated talk” £3 entry 7.30p.m. at Caistor Primary School

Tuesday 13th May 2008
A visit to the Saxon House and a chance to become a Saxon for the evening” 6.00p.m. to 8.00p.m. £3 - Please book at the evening meetings or telephone 01472 852693
Other links
Previous Meetings
Beer, Gas, Pickles, Baths and Chairs - a discussion on Fountain Street. Have you any stories, photographs etc. concerning this area of Caistor?

Roman Caistor

South Street

Trades, Crafts and Professions. A look at the Directories for Caistor. Collecting data. If you have not returned your data collection sheets please do so as soon as possible. Thank you.



Resources held at the Library.


 

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