Cauldon
| Cauldon | |
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  Cauldon Location within Staffordshire | |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Cauldon or Caldon[1] is a village and former civil parish, 19 miles (31 km) north east of Stafford,[2] now in the parish of Waterhouses, in the Staffordshire Moorlands district, in the county of Staffordshire, England.[3] In 1931 the parish had a population of 422.[4]
History
[edit]The name "Cauldon" means 'Calves' hill'.[5] Cauldon was recorded in the Domesday Book as Caldone.[6] On 1 April 1934 the parish was abolished to form Waterhouses.[7]
Features
[edit]Cauldon has a church called St. Mary and St. Laurence.[8]
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cauldon.
- ^ "Cauldon". GENUKI. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
- ^ "Distance from Cauldon [53.041816, −1.885115]". GENUKI. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
- ^ Sheffield.), William White (of (1834). History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Staffordshire: And the City and County of the City of Lichfield, Comprising ... a General Survey of the County of Stafford and the Diocese of Lichfield & Coventry; with Separate Historical, Statistical, & Topographical Descriptions of All the Boroughs, Towns, Parishes, Villages, Hamlets, Manors, and Liberties, in the Five Hundreds of the Shire ... by William White. author.
- ^ "Population Statistics Cauldon CP/Ch through time". A Vision of Britain. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
- ^ "Cauldon Key to English Place-names". The University of Nottingham. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
- ^ "Staffordshire A-C". The Domesday Book Online. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
- ^ "Relationships and Changes Cauldon CP/Ch through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
- ^ "A history of the church". A Church Near You. Retrieved 22 December 2019.