Cauldon

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]

Cauldon
Cauldon
Location within Staffordshire
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom

History

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

Cauldon has a church called St. Mary and St. Laurence.[8]

References
  1. "Cauldon". GENUKI. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
  2. "Distance from Cauldon [53.041816, −1.885115]". GENUKI. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
  3. 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.
  4. "Population Statistics Cauldon CP/Ch through time". A Vision of Britain. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
  5. "Cauldon Key to English Place-names". The University of Nottingham. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
  6. "Staffordshire A-C". The Domesday Book Online. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
  7. "Relationships and Changes Cauldon CP/Ch through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
  8. "A history of the church". A Church Near You. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
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