HORNCASTLE is pleasantly situated at the foot of that bold and even range
of Hills, which, from their openness, have been termed the wolds. It is
nearly in the centre of the Lindsey division of the county of Lincoln,
and is the chief of a soke of fifteen parishes to which it gives name.
The principal part of the town is built within an angle formed by the
confluence of two rivers, the Bane and the Waring, where an ancient
fortification formerly stood, the scite of which is still visible,
denoting it in early times to have been a station of importance.
The character of the place however is now completely changed. From a
military station it has become a situation of trade; and owing to its
being surrounded by a considerable number of villages, possesses one of
the largest markets in the county.
Its distance from the city of Lincoln is twenty-one miles, and eighteen
from the town of Boston.