Caldecote, Warwickshire
Caldecote is a village and civil parish in Warwickshire, England, 2 miles north of Nuneaton and south of the A5.
| Caldecote | |
|---|---|
  Caldecote Location within Warwickshire | |
| Population | 142 (2011)[1] |
| OS grid reference | SP3594 |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Nuneaton |
| Postcode district | CV10 |
| Police | Warwickshire |
| Fire | Warwickshire |
| Ambulance | West Midlands |
An ancient settlement, Caldecote is recorded in the 1086 Domesday Book as being in the ownership of the Bishop of Chester.[2]
Caldecote Hall
The manor house, Caldecote Hall, was the home of Parliamentarian Colonel William Purefoy during the English Civil War and was damaged by Royalist siege by Prince Rupert in 1642. In the 18th century it was owned by Nathan Wright.[3]
The Hall was rebuilt in brick in 1880,[4] for Henry Leigh Townshend, who was High Sheriff of Warwickshire in 1901. In 1924, the Hall was bought by the Church of England Temperance Society, for use as a retreat. In the 1950s, it was the home of St Chad's School but suffered financial problems and a severe fire in 1955. In 2005 it was restored and converted to private flats.[5]
River Anker
Caldecote Hall
Further reading
Sheasby, Alan (1990) Skylark Fields: A Forties Childhood Exeter, Devon: Wheaton Publishers Ltd/Warwickshire Books, ISBN 1-871942-04-7 (Includes a map of Caldecote and surrounding district)
References
- "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 26 December 2015.
- "Caldecote Hall Estate". Archived from the original on 6 August 2010.
- Edward Wedlake Brayley; John Britton (1814). The Beauties of England and Wales, Or, Delineations, Topographical, Historical, and Descriptive, of Each County. xv. T. Maiden. p. 315.
- Nikolaus Pevsner; Alexandra Wedgwood (1 March 1981). Warwickshire. Yale University Press. p. 223. ISBN 0-300-09679-8.
- "Economies of scale". Country Life.
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