Saredon

Saredon is a civil parish in South Staffordshire district, Staffordshire, England, situated to the north east of Wolverhampton, West Midlands, and to the south west of Cannock.

Saredon
Saredon
Location within Staffordshire
Population829 (2011)[1]
OS grid referenceSJ951076
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townWOLVERHAMPTON
Postcode districtWV10
Dialling code01902
PoliceStaffordshire
FireStaffordshire
AmbulanceWest Midlands

Formed from two hamlets, Little and Great Saredon, this parish lies south of the A5 and is bisected by the busy M6. The Saredon Brook, a tributary of the Penk, formerly known as that river's Cannock Heath branch, links the hamlets. This brook provided the energy for two powerful corn mills at Saredon and Deepmore, and was also renowned for the large number of trout it held.[2]

There was also a windmill in the middle of Little Saredon, which remained in use until at least 1872, its working life thereafter being slightly prolonged through the use of a portable steam engine to drive the stones. In 1942, the remains of the sails were removed and the tower was converted into a house for the proprietor of Hawkins Tile Works in Cannock.

Little Saredon's other noteworthy feature was the disproportionately large number of yew trees that used to grow there. Great Saredon has a Roman tumulus on high ground, a quarter mile distant from, and facing, the A5. The estimated population in 2004 was 739.

Saredon in 1851

Saredon consists of two small hamlets, Great Saredon and Little Saredon, near the Cannock branch of the River Penk, which divides Saredon from Shareshill and also abounds in trout and other fish. The stream flows from Essington Woods and powers several large corn mills at Saredon and Deepmoor. A small independent Chapel was built here in 1840. Saredon contains 7 farmers, a maltster, a shopkeeper, 4 corn millers, a schoolmistress, a blacksmith, a shoemaker and a thrashing machine owner.[3]

See also

References
  1. "Civil Population 2011". Retrieved 11 December 2015.
  2. Shareshill parish, J Margaret Midgley, A History of the County of Stafford, volume 5, 1959, pp.173-182
  3. William White, History, Gazetteer and Directory of Staffordshire, 1851, p.480


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