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Here are the answers to the Caistor Circular Tour of the Wolds puzzle trail.

1.

They manely come in both gold & silver.

The answer is 'lions'. The easy one is the silver lion on the Victoria memorial, but there is also a gold lion's head on the dominant white building in the Square.

2.

The local association of persons.

The answer is 'Caistor Society', whose notice board is located in the town square.

3.

What was the Roman name for Caistor?

The answer is 'Castra', according to the historic information board in the town square.

4.

When was the Weslyan School founded?

The answer is '1867'.

5.

What is the word for 'founded' in latin?

The answer is 'fundator', as inscribed on the old Caistor Grammar School building.

6.

In Swallow, what part of a gun carriage is mentioned? Clue: 5 miles to go.

The answer is Great 'Limber', signposted on the millenium milepost.

7.

What do you find above the wall in Swallow?

The answer is 'the church', which is carved in the village sign above the letters 'wall' in 'Swallow'.

8.

How many flowers do you find in the entrance to Swallow's church?

The answer is 'four' snowdrops(?)

9.

Who can't approach Beelsby this way?

The answer is 'Heavy Goods Vehicles'.

10.

As you enter Beelsby, what word describes '.....fosse house'.

The answer is 'Long'.

11.

Post a letter in Beelsby & then walk this way. Clue: a need to travel.

The answer is 'Wanderlust' Way, public footpath.

12.

As you leave Beelsby, watch out for uplands dominated by black & white faces?

The answer is 'Badger Hills'.

13.

In which village do you find this?

The answer is 'East Ravendale'.

14.

Who was the earliest recorded landlord of the Ship Inn in Barnoldby? Clue: Don't look inn, flag down a ride.

The answer is 'Christopher Tupling', 1730 to 1750. You will find this not at the Inn itself, but on the Information board close to the bus stop.

15.

When in Barnoldby, where did William Smith show unsurpassed management of his hounds?

The answer is 'in the Kennel & in the Field', according to the inscription on the Obelisk memorial base.

16.

Who was the last blacksmith in Waltham?

The answer is 'Harry Jackson', as described on the anvil monument in the town centre.

17.

I suppose it helps to get the last drop out, here, if you have a thirst.

The answer is 'the Tilted Barrel' public house, in Waltham.

18.

Where are you when you're in 'CHYN FUMES BABY'?

The answer is 'Ashby Cum Fenby'.

19.

What creature do you find on top of the school building in East Ravendale?

The answer is 'a raven', on top of the windvane.

20.

Where do you find this?

The answer is 'The Blacksmith's Arms, Rothwell'.

21.

Why are there rings in the brickwork of the Grimsby Road pump?

The answer is 'to tether waiting horses', while water was loaded onto their carts. This pump is not to be confused with the pump in the village centre of Binbrook.

22.

What part of an airplane do you find lying by the roadside in Binbrook?

The answer is 'a section of a Lightning FMK6 tail fin', mounted on a stone by the road outside the local primary school - a reference to the village & school's connections with the local RAF base.

23.

In Thoresway, what does teamwork do?

The answer is 'makes the dream work', the inscription on the stone trough on the village green.

24.

How do you know the ducks are mad in Rothwell?

The answer is the road sign for 'Wild Fowl'.

25.

If Binstor Way adds up to 9.75 miles, what does Lownettle Vale come to?

The answer is also '9.75 miles'. Read the mileages from the crossroads sign in Rothwell and take syllables from each of three destinations to make up a new one.

How did you do?

2.	The local association of persons.	The answer is 'Caistor Society', whose notice board is located in the town square.
3.	What was the Roman name for Caistor?	The answer is 'Castra', according to the historic information board in the town square.
4.	When was the Weslyan School founded?	The answer is '1867'.
5.	What is the word for 'founded' in latin?	The answer is 'fundator', as inscribed on the old Caistor Grammar School building.

6.	In Swallow, what part of a gun carriage is mentioned? Clue: 5 miles to go.	The answer is Great 'Limber', signposted on the millenium milepost.
7.	What do you find above the wall in Swallow?	The answer is 'the church', which is carved in the village sign above the letters 'wall' in 'Swallow'.
8.	How many flowers do you find in the entrance to Swallow's church?	The answer is 'four' snowdrops(?)
9.	Who can't approach Beelsby this way?	The answer is 'Heavy Goods Vehicles'.
10.	As you enter Beelsby, what word describes '.....fosse house'.	The answer is 'Long'.
11.	Post a letter in Beelsby & then walk this way. Clue: a need to travel.	The answer is 'Wanderlust' Way, public footpath.

12.	As you leave Beelsby, watch out for uplands dominated by black & white faces?	The answer is 'Badger Hills'.
13.	In which village do you find this?	The answer is 'East Ravendale'.
14.	Who was the earliest recorded landlord of the Ship Inn in Barnoldby? Clue: Don't look inn, flag down a ride.	The answer is 'Christopher Tupling', 1730 to 1750. You will find this not at the Inn itself, but on the Information board close to the bus stop.
15.	When in Barnoldby, where did William Smith show unsurpassed management of his hounds?	The answer is 'in the Kennel & in the Field', according to the inscription on the Obelisk memorial base.
16.	Who was the last blacksmith in Waltham?	The answer is 'Harry Jackson', as described on the anvil monument in the town centre.

17.	I suppose it helps to get the last drop out, here, if you have a thirst.	The answer is 'the Tilted Barrel' public house, in Waltham.
18.	Where are you when you're in 'CHYN FUMES BABY'?	The answer is 'Ashby Cum Fenby'.
19.	What creature do you find on top of the school building in East Ravendale?	The answer is 'a raven', on top of the windvane.
20.	Where do you find this?	The answer is 'The Blacksmith's Arms, Rothwell'.
21.	Why are there rings in the brickwork of the Grimsby Road pump?	The answer is 'to tether waiting horses', while water was loaded onto their carts. This pump is not to be confused with the pump in the village centre of Binbrook.

22.	What part of an airplane do you find lying by the roadside in Binbrook?	The answer is 'a section of a Lightning FMK6 tail fin', mounted on a stone by the road outside the local primary school - a reference to the village & school's connections with the local RAF base.
23.	In Thoresway, what does teamwork do?	The answer is 'makes the dream work', the inscription on the stone trough on the village green.
24.	How do you know the ducks are mad in Rothwell?	The answer is the road sign for 'Wild Fowl'.
25.	If Binstor Way adds up to 9.75 miles, what does Lownettle Vale come to?	The answer is also '9.75 miles'. Read the mileages from the crossroads sign in Rothwell and take syllables from each of three destinations to make up a new one.