CASTERTON-BRIG, (Rutland) so called from its bridge over the Guash or Wash here, 2 m. beyond Stamford, in the road to
York, is supposed to have been one of the Roman stations, from their coins often dug up here. In the R. of Edw. II. the
manor bel. to Ld. de la War, and in that of Hen. VI. to Ld. Scrope of Bolton. In that of Hen. VIII. it was the estate of
John Ld. Hussey, by whose execution it was forfeited to the crown. 'Tis also called Great Casterton, to distinguish it
from the next p. viz.