Norfolk: Caston

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Caston is about 4 miles S.E. of Watton.
See also Coston.

Census

1891: Surname List

Church Directories

The parish is in the Deanery of Breccles, in the archdeaconry of Norwich.
The parish church is dedicated to the Holy Cross.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church Records

Marriages: These are included in Boyd's Marriage Index.
They are not included in Phillimore's Marriage Registers.
Parish Register Transcripts: Baptisms and Marriages.

Civil Registration

For the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths between 1837 and 1930 (and for the censuses from 1851 to 1901), Caston was in Wayland Registration District.

Description and Travel

Caston Parish Council: Description of the village, history, pictures, parish council, news, maps, etc.
Caston Post Mill: Description and history.
Caston Tower Mill: Description, history and pictures.

Gazetteers and Directories

Caston is in Wayland hundred.

History

Barnes, John S.: A history of Caston, Norfolk.
Part 1: The parish church, the Methodist church.
Part 2: The windmill, some village businesses, the common right, schools in Caston.
Part 3: Geographical factors, buildings and building materials, a general history.
[Orpington: The author, 1977]

Land and Property

Great Britain: Statute: Caston Inclosure Act, 1812.
An act for inclosing lands in the parish of Caston, in the county of Norfolk.
[London, George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, 1812]

Maps

Parish outline and location.: See Parish Map for Wayland Registration District, 1836
Modern and Historical Maps: Maps of the parish and nearby places.

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 Caston became part of the Wayland Union, and the workhouse was at Rockland All Saints.

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