PELHAM'S Pillar on the Brocklesby estate above Caistor is one of the area's most extraordinary landmarks.
Towering 128 feet into the air and guarded by two impressive stone lions the pillar has stood on the site for over 150 years.

It was built to commemorate the planting of the surrounding woods by Charles Anderson Pelham, Lord Yarborough. Between 1787 and 1828 he had 12,552,700 trees planted on his property.
He was raised to the peerage as the first Baron Yarborough in 1794.

The foundation of the pillar was laid in 1840 by his son and the building was finished by his grandson in 1849 – in time for a visit by Prince Albert.

Stone for the pillar was fetched from Grimsby docks by road – the railway had not then been built – during 1844-45 and the major part of the building was done in the years 1845-48.

The total expenditure on the Pillar came to £2,395 4s 3d. This included £145 to W D Keyworth for carving the two lions and 100 guineas to architect Edward James Willson of Lincoln for drawing up the plans.