Caldecote (pronounced ") is a
hamlet
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in the
civil parish
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of
Moulsoe
Moulsoe is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority area of the City of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. It is on the border with Bedfordshire, and just east of the M1, situated about ESE of Newport Pagnell, and about NNE o ...
in the
City of Milton Keynes
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,
Buckinghamshire
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, England, situated roughly south of
Newport Pagnell
Newport Pagnell is a town and civil parish in the City of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. The Office for National Statistics records Newport Pagnell as part of the Milton Keynes urban area.
The town is separated from the rest of the u ...
, and roughly north-east of
Central Milton Keynes
Central Milton Keynes is the central business district of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England and a civil parish in its own right, with a town council.
The district is approximately long by wide and occupies some of the highest land in ...
.
History
The place name is fairly common in England and comes from an
Old English
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term meaning ''"cold cottage"'', referring to a resting place for travellers or other strangers on the road. The original
Northampton
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to
London
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road (modern
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
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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
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, the
A422 road and the
A509 road
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From north to south, the road begins ...
. It is mostly farmland and designated as
urban open space
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since it is substantially within the
flood plain
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of the
River Ouzel
The River Ouzel , also known as the River Lovat, is a river in England, and a tributary of the River Great Ouse. It rises in the Chiltern Hills and flows north to join the Ouse at Newport Pagnell.
It is usually called the ''River Ouzel'', e ...
(or Lovat).
See also
There is also another ancient village (and now a modern development and
balancing lake
A balancing lake (also flood basin ) is a term used in the UK to describe a retention basin used to control flooding by temporarily storing flood waters. The term balancing pond is also used, though typically for smaller storage facilities for ...
) in nearby
Walton (civil parish), with the very similar name of
Caldecotte.
References
External links
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* {{cite map , author = Ordnance Survey , title =OS six-inch England and Wales, 1842-1952 , map = Buckinghamshire Sheet X , map-url = https://maps.nls.uk/view/102340100 , year = 1886 , url = , scale = 1:10,560 , publisher = Ordnance Survey , via=National Library of Scotland , archive-url = , archive-date =
Hamlets in Buckinghamshire
Areas of Milton Keynes