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The Romans built a fort at Horncastle: Roman Horncastle has become known as Banovallum (i.e. "Wall on the [River] Bain") - this name has been adopted by several local businesses and by the town's Secondary Modern school - but in fact Banovallum was a 19th-century invention, the actual Roman name for the settlement having been lost. The walls of the Roman fort remain in places - one section is on display in the town's libraryAlternative meanings: Library (computer science), Library (biology In its traditional sense, a library is a collection of books. It can refer to an individual's private collection, but more often, it is a large collection that is funded and maintained by, which is built over the top of the wall. The SaxonsThis article is about the Saxons, a Germanic people. For other uses of the term, see Saxon (disambiguation). The Saxons were a large and powerful Germanic people located in what is now northwestern Germany and the eastern Netherlands (but not in the area called the town Hyrnecastre, from whence comes its modern name.
4 miles from Horncastle is the village of Winceby , where, during the Battle of Winceby in 1643Events January 21 Abel Tasman discovers Tonga May 14 Four year-old Louis XIV becomes King of France upon the death of his father, Louis XIII. May 19 Battle of Rocroi: French victory over the Spanish at Rocroi, France. July 13 English Civil War: Battle of - which helped to secure Lincolnshire for ParliamentAlternative meanings: Parliamentary system, Parliament (band), Parliament (cigarette). A parliament is a legislative body, especially in those countries whose system of government is based on the Westminster system derived from that of the United Kingdom. - CromwellOliver Cromwell ( April 25, 1599 September 3, 1658) was an English military leader and politician. After leading the overthrow of the British monarchy he ruled England, Scotland and Ireland as Lord Protector from December 16, 1653 until his death, which i was almost killed.
The town is famous locally for its many floodsA flood (in Old English flod a word common to Teutonic languages; compare German Flut Dutch vloed from the same root as is seen in flow, float is an overflow of water, an expanse of water submerging land, a deluge. In the sense of "flowing water", the wor, notably in 19201920 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) Events January January 7 Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. January 9 Britain announces it will build 100,000 homes for war veterans. January 10 Leagu and 1960 - with 3 floods between 1981 and 1984. Folklore among Horncastle's more elderly and religious citizens will tell you how closely these floods coincide with the changing of Horncastle's vicar. The vicar changed in 1919 and 1959, both less than a year before a flood. The flooding of the early 1980s has been all attributed to the change of vicar in 1980; it must be said however there was no flooding in Horncastle following the latest change in 1999.
Horncastle is a small community, and is hardly bothered by "big issues". Indeed, a damaged window can make headline news in the town's local newspaper, the Horncastle News. The most contentious local issue of recent years has concerned the development of the town's wong.
Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School was founded in 1571, and is among the top schools in Lincolnshire; it has at times been one of the top in the country. The headmaster, T.J. Peacock, is a tall man, and in his earlier position as deputy headmaster of King Edward VII School Lytham, enjoyed the nickname " Shaft" on account of his height.