OLD PICTURES OF GREAT CASTERTON - 1908

These pictures were provided by Mrs Brenda Mackenzie whose mother grew up in Gt Casterton, living there from about 1897 until about 1910. During this time her Grandfather, John Clark, rented a farm from the Burleigh Estate.

Main Street with numbers 4-7 on the left. On the right entrance to Home Farm

Main Street Cross Roads 1908. Bridge House on the right.

Church of St Peter & St Paul Great Casterton 1908

Mr Clerk's home at Great Casterton 1908

Picture Postcard of Great Casterton Main Street 1908

Rector of Great Casterton 1908 - Rev. Ramsay

GREAT CASTERTON CHURCH SOMETIME BEFORE THE FIRST WORLD WAR. THE MEMORIAL ARCH HAS NOT YET BEEN BUILT. YOU CAN SEE THE ORIGINAL IRON GATES TO THE RECTORY. THESE WERE CUT OFF FOR MUNITIONS DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR. REPLICAS HAVE NOW BEEN REINSTATED BY THE PRESENT OWNER.

THE RECTORY SOMETIME BEFORE THE FIRST WORLD WAR

Historic Parish Council Documentation

Copies of some of the original documentation for the setting up of Great Casterton Parish Council at the end of the 19th century are below.