Caistor St. Edmund
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Caistor St. Edmund is a village (population 270) 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.[1]
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.
[edit] References
- ^ Thomas Coddington (1903). Roman Roads in Britain. Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. Retrieved on 2008-02-14.
- ^ Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council, 2001. "Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes."
