KEY DATES IN CAISTOR'S HISTORY (please advise other significant dates, email: roy@caistor.net )
AD61	Simon Zelotes (Qannai) Crucified by Catus Decianus on 10th May 0061
AD69	Probable Roman occupation from this date
AD300	Probable date when Roman fortified town built
AD829	King of Wessex defeated the Mercians
AD970	Royal mint established
1179	Recorded as a Borough & prescriptive market
1251	Market restored by the Sheriff of Lincolnshire
1536	Lincolnshire Risings, originated in Louth
1541	King Henry VIII stayed at Fonaby on his way through Lincolnshire
1631	Caistor grammar school founded
1642	Talbot Inn built on older foundation
1662	Original sessions house built
1662	Foundation of a new Town Hall
1681	Original town ravaged by fire
1682	Caistor House built
1701	White House built
1771	The Kings Head described as new
1793	Act of parliament authorised the construction of Caistor Canal
1800	Caistor canal opened
1800	House of industry built
1800	Lincolnshire County Show held at the Talbot
1801	Population 861
1804	Lincolnshire County Show held at the Talbot
1808	Lincolnshire County Show held at the Talbot
1811	Population 1051
1818	Savings bank established
1821	Population 1253
1826	White Hart Hotel known to exist
1831	Population 1375
1834	Original (NatWest) Bank opened
1835	Present Red Lion built (previously existed 1748)
1840-49	Pelhams pillar built
1842	Congregational chapel built
1851	Population 2166
1853	New fair established
1856	Caistor gas works erected at a cost of £1400
1856	Mechanics institution established
1857	The Lord Chancellor issued a new scheme of management for CGS
1858	Largest sheep fairs in England
1887	Present Town Hall built
1897	New parish pump, Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee
1936	Caistor canal officially abandoned
1938	Caistor Yarborough School built
1946	Caistor by-pass constructed
1960	CGS protest march to Lincoln
1974	Local government reorganisation
1990	Caistor hospital closed