Caverswall

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Caverswall is a village and parish in Staffordshire, to the south east of Stoke-on-Trent. It is built near the source of the River Blithe.

Located near to the village square are St Peter's Church of England Aided School, St. Peter's Church, St. Filumena's Catholic Church and Primary School and the Red House public house. In the middle of the square a set of stocks can be seen.

Caverswall Castle may date from a Saxon manor house, but the fortifications date from a licence to crenellate (royal permission to fortify) granted in November 1275, although there may have been an earlier application in 1230. The castle remains were in-filled by a house in 1615 and the former moat has been landscaped. ^[1] It is privately owned.

Foxfield Light Railway is based approximately half a mile away from the village.

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• Caverswall Parish Home Page
• Caverswall Castle
• Caverswall Middle School
• grid reference SJ951429

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Coordinates: 52.98342° N 2.07443° W