Caston

Caston
Caston
	Church of the Holy Cross, Caston, Norfolk
	Caston Location within Norfolk
Area	6.37 km2 (2.46 sq mi)
Population	443 (2011 census)
• Density	70/km2 (180/sq mi)
OS grid reference	TL955978
Civil parish	Caston;
District	Breckland;
Shire county	Norfolk;
Region	East;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	ATTLEBOROUGH
Postcode district	NR17
Police	Norfolk
Fire	Norfolk
Ambulance	East of England
UK Parliament	Mid Norfolk;
Website	http://www.castonparishcouncil.co.uk/
	List of places UK England Norfolk 52°32′36″N 0°52′59″E / 52.54346°N 0.88295°E

Caston is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.

History

Caston's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English for "Catt's farmstead or settlement".^[2]

In the Domesday Book, Caston is recorded as a settlement of 56 households in the hundred of Wayland. The village was divided between the estates of King William and William de Warenne.^[3]

The remains of a fifteenth century stone cross are mounted on the village green, this monument was originally larger and more ornately carved until it was smashed by Puritans during the seventeenth century.

During the sixteenth century, Caston was the residence of Edward Gilman, who was one of the earliest recorded ancestors of Abraham Lincoln.

Caston Windmill was built in the nineteenth century for Edward Wyer. Today, the mill is in private ownership and is Grade II listed.^[4]

Geography

According to the 2011 Census, Caston has a population of 443 residents living in 189 households.^[5]

Caston is located in the constituency of Mid Norfolk and is thus represented by George Freeman MP in Parliament.

Holy Cross Church

Caston's Holy Cross is of Norman origin and was heavily restored during the fourteenth century.^[6]

War memorial

Caston's War Memorial is located in the centre of the village green and takes the form of a stone Celtic cross. It lists the following names for the First World War:

Second-Lieutenant Frederick C. Corley (1887–1918), 8th Battalion, Border Regiment
Sergeant Edgar Hannant (1886–1917), 1st Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
Corporal Horace Tye (1888–1917), 13th Battalion, Essex Regiment
Lance-Corporal Herbert Cooper (d.1917), 108th Company, Machine Gun Corps
Private Leonard A. Tye (1896–1917), 7th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment
Private Robert W. Reynolds (1893–1916), 8th (Winnipeg Rifles) Battalion, Canadian Army
Private Reginald W. Partridge (1883–1915), 16th (Canadian Scottish) Battalion, Canadian Army
Private John H. Lawes (1899–1918), 8th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment
Private Richard Hannant (1871–1915), 8th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment
Private Harry Cator (1892–1917), 1/5th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
Private Harry Green (1877–1916), 8th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
Private Edward J. Hunt (1887–1917), 9th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
Private George W. Anthony (1991–1917), 4th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers
Private Albert E. Reynolds (1897–1917), 5th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers
Sapper James T. Bambridge (1878–1916), 4th (Provisional) Company, Royal Engineers