Great Casterton
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Great Casterton is a village and
Geography
The village is approximately three miles to the north-west of Stamford and very close to the county border with Lincolnshire (South Kesteven). Just to the north is Tickencote.
The parish boundary, to the south and east, lies close to the village, and follows the River Gwash. Just west of the
The A1 road which follows the path of Ermine Street, ran through the centre of the village until the construction of the Stamford bypass in 1960; the former route of the Great North Road is now the B1081.
There is a very small
History
The village's name means 'farm/settlement which was/near a Roman site'.[3]
The earliest recorded settlement was a
The parish church, dedicated to St Peter & St Paul, is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building.[5] The churchyard is entered through an arched war memorial remembering the dead of both World Wars. The benefice is shared with Pickworth, Tickencote and Little Casterton. The poet John Clare was married to Martha "Patty" Turner at Great Casterton church in 1820.
Amenities
The village has both a primary school, Great Casterton Church of England Primary School, and a secondary, Casterton College. The remaining pub in the village is the Crown Inn.
References
- ^ "A vision of Britain through time". University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 15 February 2009.
- ^ "Rutland Civil Parish Populations" (PDF). Rutland County Council. 2011. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
- ^ "Key to English Place-names". kepn.nottingham.ac.uk.
- ^ "Roman Britain - Organisation". 10 June 2023. Archived from the original on 18 February 2007.
- ^ Historic England. "Church of St Peter & St Paul, Great Casterton (1073841)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
External links
- Great Casterton Parish Council
- Great Casterton C of E Primary School
- Casterton Business and Enterprise College
- Roman fort and town
Video clips
- The Great North Road from London to Grantham, filmed in August 1939, film 461 (Huntley Film Archives) on YouTubeshows the village (towards the end)