Caistor St. Edmund

Caistor St. Edmund

Caistor St. Edmund is a village (population 270ref|population) on the River Tas, near Norwich, Norfolk, England.

The remains of a Roman market town and capital of the Iceni tribe, "Venta Icenorum", are nearby (British National Grid ref TG230034). The ruins are in the care of the Norfolk Archaeological Trust and managed by South Norfolk Council. 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. [cite web|url=http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Periods/Roman/Topics/Engineering/roads/Britain/_Texts/CODROM/1*.html|title=Roman Roads in Britain|author=Thomas Coddington|date=1903|publisher=Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge|accessdate=2008-02-14]

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). It is now a hotel. The River Tas passes under Markshall bridge, just north of the Roman camp, and then flows on towards Arminghall and Trowse.

References


# Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council, 2001. " [http://www.norfolk.gov.uk/consumption/groups/public/documents/general_resources/ncc017867.xls Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes] ."

External links

* [http://www.roman-britain.org/places/venta_icenorum.htm Venta Icenorum] at [http://www.roman-britain.org/ Roman-Britain.org]
* [http://countrywalks.defra.gov.uk/Default.aspx?Module=CountryWalkDetails&Site=4002 Defra walk around the site]
* [http://www.sys.uea.ac.uk/Research/researchareas/JWMP/CaistorRomanTown/crtp1.html Online tour]
* [http://www.norfarchtrust.org.uk/ Norfolk Archaeological Trust]
* [http://www.south-norfolk.gov.uk/ South Norfolk Council]


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