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Cauldon

Coordinates: 53°02′29″N 1°52′56″W / 53.041453°N 1.8823568°W / 53.041453; -1.8823568
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Cauldon
Cauldon is located in Staffordshire
Cauldon
Cauldon
Location within Staffordshire
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
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UK
England
Staffordshire
53°02′29″N 1°52′56″W / 53.041453°N 1.8823568°W / 53.041453; -1.8823568

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

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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

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

References

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  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.