Horncastle, Lincolnshire, LN9 5BN (right kiosk)

Date of visit: 11th Mar 2022

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Horncastle is a town and civil parish in the East Lindsey district in Lincolnshire, 17 miles (27 km) east of Lincoln. Its population was 6,815 at the 2011 census and estimated at 7,123 in 2019. A section of the ancient Roman walls remains.

Although fortified, Horncastle was not on any important Roman roads, which suggests that the River Bain was the principal route of access to it.

Roman Horncastle has become known recently as Banovallum (i. e. Wall on the River Bain). Although this Roman name has been adopted by some local businesses and the town’s secondary modern school, it is not firmly known to be original. Banovallum was merely suggested in the 19th century through an interpretation of the Ravenna Cosmography, a 7th-century list of Roman towns and road-stations, and may equally have meant Caistor.

The Roman walls remain in places. One section is on display in the town’s library, which was built over the top of the wall. The Saxons called the town Hyrnecastre, from which its modern name derives.

Internal ref number: LL/122/122

Date of Visit: 11th Mar 2022

Kiosk Type: K6
Door Type: B
Crown: Tudor
Kiosk Colour: Red
Usage: Phone
Phone Number (if known): 01507 523344

Northing & Westing: 53°12’32.1″N, 0°06’58.7″W
what3words: handover.comical.barn
Grid Reference: TF 25900 69639
OS X & Y: 369639, 525900
Latitude & Longitude: 53.208913, -0.116284
UK Postcode: LN9 5BN
County: Lincolnshire


Listed Status: Historic Eng. Ref. 1252287 23/06/1987