Caistron

Caistron is a farm / hamlet in Northumberland, located about 4 miles west of Rothbury and 1 mile north-east of the village of Hepple. It is situated on the west bank of the River Coquet. Opposite, beside the east bank of the Coquet are two lakes, fed by Bickerton Burn, and formed on the site of a former sand and gravel quarry here. One of the lakes is now a trout fishery. The hamlet includes a farm, farm cottages and South Caistron farmhouse. There is an Irish Ford (bridge) over the River Coquet to the north of the hamlet, carrying a minor road, which connects to the B6341. The site of an Iron Age enclosure is north-east of the hamlet. Historically, the hamlet and wider area formed Caistron township, in the ancient parish of Rothbury. In 1866, Caistron became a civil parish. Since 1955, Caistron had been part of Hepple Civil Parish.

CAISTRON, a township, in the parish and union of Rothbury, W. division of Coquetdale ward, N. division of Northumberland, 4½ miles (W.) from Rothbury; containing 54 inhabitants. This pleasant village, around which is a fertile alluvial soil, is situated on the brink of the Coquet, one mile south-by-west from Flotterton. It was formerly the property of three persons of the name of Hall, called respectively in the neighbourhood, duke, lord, and lawyer, and one of whom bequeathed, in 1779, the annual sum of £4. 15. to be paid out of his estate towards the support of a schoolmaster in the place. A school-house was erected in 1792, with money left by the Rev. John Tomlinson and others.

Extract from: A Topographical Dictionary of England comprising the several counties, cities, boroughs, corporate and market towns, parishes, and townships..... 7th Edition, by Samuel Lewis, London, 1848.