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Market Place

Other OS name in the Parish of Caistor

Historical Forms

  • fori de Castra 1182 P
  • fori de Castre 1197,1198 P
  • fori de Castr' 1210 ib
  • ex orientali parte fori 1210–20 RAiv
  • viam fori de Castre 1220–30 ib
  • Castre “market” 1370 Pat
  • “the market place” 1536 LPxi

Etymology

, 1826 White , 1829MiscDon 292 , fori de Castra 1182 P, fori de Castre 1197, 1198 P et passim tofori de Castr '1210 ib, ex orientali parte fori 1210–20 RA iv, viam fori de Castre 1220–30 ib, Castremarket ”1370 Pat, “the market place ”1536 LP xi , self - explanatory .