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Caldecote Hall
Caldecote is a common place name and means "cold cottage". In the United Kingdom: * Caldecote, Buckinghamshire * Caldecote, Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire * Caldecote, South Cambridgeshire, Cambridgeshire * Caldecote, Hertfordshire * Caldecote, Norfolk, formerly in Swaffham Rural District * Caldecote, Northamptonshire * Caldecote, Warwickshire * Chalk Farm, London, originally known as Caldecote or Chaldecote See also * Caldecott (other) * Caldecotte Walton (historically) was a hamlet that is now a district and civil parish in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. For local government purposes, it is part of the Danesborough and Walton electoral ward. The historic hamlet is located ..., a district in the parish of Walton, Milton Keynes, in ceremonial Buckinghamshire, England * Caldecote, Bedfordshire (other), a pair of hamlets in Bedfordshire, England * Caldicot (other) {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caldecote, Buckinghamshire
Caldecote (pronounced ") is a tiny hamlet (place), hamlet in the civil parish of Moulsoe in the City of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. History The place name is fairly common in England and comes from an Old English language, Old English term meaning ''"cold cottage"'', referring to a resting place for travellers or other strangers on the road. The original Northampton to London road (modern B526 road, B526) runs nearby. The route was diverted in 1728 along a new road on the higher ground east of the village, causing the latter to decline. Caldecote was recorded in the Domesday Book as ''Caldecote''. The place name was once used elsewhere in Buckinghamshire in the ancient village adjacent to Bedgrove. Location The modern area is the triangle defined by the M1 motorway, the A422 road and the A509 road. It is mostly farmland and designated as urban open space since it is substantially within the flood plain of the River Ouzel (or Lovat). See also There is also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caldecote, Huntingdonshire
Caldecote is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Denton and Caldecote, in Cambridgeshire, England. Caldecote lies approximately south-west of Peterborough. Caldecote is situated within Huntingdonshire which is a non-metropolitan district of Cambridgeshire as well as being a historic counties of England, historic county of England. In 1931 the parish had a population of 27. The former Parish Church of St Mary Magdalene, a Grade II* listed building, is now a private dwelling. History William the Conqueror ordered that a survey should be carried out across his kingdom to discover who owned which parts and what it was worth. The survey took place in 1086 and the results were recorded in what, since the 12th century, has become known as the Domesday Book. Starting with the king himself, for each tenant-in-chief, landholder within a county there is a list of their estates or Manorialism, manors; and, for each manor, there is a summary of the resources of the manor, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caldecote, South Cambridgeshire
Caldecote is a village and civil parish in Cambridgeshire, in the district of South Cambridgeshire, England. It lies south of the A428, approximately six miles west of Cambridge and three miles east of Cambourne. Nearby settlements are Hardwick and Toft to the east, Bourn to the west, Childerley to the north and Kingston to the south. Bourn Airfield lies on the north-west edge of the village. History The older part of the village lies to the south, just off the B1046 road and is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086. The parish church, St. Michael and All Angels, parts of which date to the 14th century, is in this part of the village. Bourn Brook and the route of the former Oxford and Cambridge Railway run to the south of the village. Highfields Caldecote Highfields Caldecote is a newer development in the north of the village. The A428 was converted to a dual carriageway and was opened in 2007, allowing easier access. The development in Highfields led to a rapid increase ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caldecote, Hertfordshire
Caldecote is a village and civil parish in the North Hertfordshire district of Hertfordshire, England. It is located around three miles north of Baldock and around a mile and a half east of Stotfold in the neighbouring county of Bedfordshire. The Great North Road passes just to the west of the village. Caldecote forms part of the Caldecote and Newnham grouped parish council, which covers an area of only . The village consists of a cluster of cottages around the redundant Church of St. Mary Magdalene, which dates from the 14th and 15th centuries and is in Perpendicular style. The church is currently in the care of the Friends of Friendless Churches charity. To the south of the church is a manor house dating from the 14th century. In the year 1724, several Roman urns, containing burnt bones and ashes, were discovered in this parish. During the 1970s archaeological excavations were carried out for a number of summers under the direction of Professor Guy Beresford. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swaffham Rural District
Swaffham Rural District was a rural district in Norfolk, England from 1894 to 1974. It was formed under the Local Government Act 1894 based on the Swaffham rural sanitary district. It almost completely encircled Swaffham Urban District. In 1935 it took in a small part of Downham Rural District to complete the encirclement of urban Swaffham. It also took in the central section of the disbanded Thetford Rural District. In 1974, the district was abolished under the Local Government Act 1972, and became part of the Breckland Breckland in Norfolk and Suffolk is a 39,433 hectare Special Protection Area (SPA) under the European Union Directive on the Conservation of Wild Birds. The SPA partly overlaps the 7,544 hectare Breckland Special Area of Conservation. As a la ... district. Statistics Parishes References {{coord, 52.57, 0.69, type:adm3rd_dim:25000_region:GB-NFK, display=title Districts of England created by the Local Government Act 1894 Districts of England ab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caldecote, Northamptonshire
Caldecote is a village in Northamptonshire, England, about north of Towcester Towcester ( ) is an affluent market town in Northamptonshire, England. It currently lies in West Northamptonshire but was the former administrative headquarters of the South Northamptonshire district council. Towcester is one of the olde ... . References External links Villages in Northamptonshire West Northamptonshire District {{Northamptonshire-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caldecote, Warwickshire
Caldecote is a village and civil parish in Warwickshire, England, 2 miles north of Nuneaton and south of the A5. An ancient settlement, Caldecote is recorded in the 1086 Domesday Book as being in the ownership of the Bishop of Chester. 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. The Hall was rebuilt in brick in 1880, 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 The temperance movement in the United Kingdom was a social movement that campaigned against the recreational use and sale of alcohol, and promoted total abstinence (teetotalism). In the 19th century, high levels of alcohol consumption and drunke ..., for use as a retreat. In the 1950s, it was the home of St Chad's Sch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chalk Farm
Chalk Farm is a small urban district of north London, lying immediately north of Camden Town, in the London Borough of Camden. History Manor of Rugmere Chalk Farm was originally known as the Manor of Rugmere, an estate that was mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086. The manor was one of five which made up the large Ancient Parish of St Pancras. Rugmere is thought to mean ''the Woodcock's Pool''. Henry VIII bought part of the manor, detaching it to form the north-eastern part of what would become Regent's Park, the remainder subsequently become more commonly known as Chalk Farm. Both the detached area and the remainder remained part of the parish of St Pancras. In 1786 the estate was sold to Charles FitzRoy, 1st Baron Southampton, it was described as ''commonly known as Chalk Farm''. The term ''Rugmere (or Rug Moor)'' appeared to have endured for some time as a field name. Etymology The origin of the name is disputed: it certainly does not derive from the soil, as th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caldecott (other)
Caldecott may refer to: Awards * The Caldecott Medal, an award for children's book illustration named after Randolph Caldecott People * Caldecott (surname) Places * Caldecott, Cheshire, England * Caldecott, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom * Caldecott, Oxfordshire, a district of Abingdon, England * Caldecott, Rutland, United Kingdom * Caldecott Tunnel, California, United States * Caldecott Hill, Singapore, home of the headquarters of MediaCorp * Caldecott MRT station, a Circle Line MRT station in Singapore * Caldecott Road, Hong Kong, a road named after Andrew Caldecott See also * Caldecote (other) * Caldecotte Walton (historically) was a hamlet that is now a district and civil parish in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. For local government purposes, it is part of the Danesborough and Walton electoral ward. The historic hamlet is located ..., a district in the parish of Walton, Milton Keynes, in ceremonial Buckinghamshire, England * Caldicot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caldecotte
Walton (historically) was a hamlet that is now a district and civil parish in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. For local government purposes, it is part of the Danesborough and Walton electoral ward. The historic hamlet is located about four miles south of Central Milton Keynes and just east of Simpson, mostly along Walton Road in the modern Walnut Tree district. The modern H9 Groveway grid road severs a few of its houses into Walton Hall and the V10 Brickhill Street separates the Manor Farm off into the Walton grid square. The Manor Farm has been redeveloped, first into a research centre for Hoechst and subsequently as the UK headquarters of MSD Animal Health. The village name is a common one in England, and is an Old English language word, meaning either 'village of the Britons' (''wale'' being a word meaning Briton) or 'walled village'. The village is first recorded (in the 12th century) as ''Wauton''. The manor house of the village, (Walton Hall) and its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caldecote, Bedfordshire (other)
Caldecote or The Caldecotes refers to a pair of hamlets located in Bedfordshire, England: * Lower Caldecote * Upper Caldecote Upper Caldecote is a village in the Central Bedfordshire district of Bedfordshire, England about south-east of Bedford. Its population at the 2011 census was 1,218. It is part of Northill civil parish. Most of Upper Caldecote is situated dire ... See also * Caldecote (other) {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
