Saredon

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Saredon
Saredon shown within Staffordshire
OS grid reference	SJ951076
District	South Staffordshire
Shire county	Staffordshire
Region	West Midlands
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Postcode district	WV10
Dialling code	01902
Police	Staffordshire
Fire	Staffordshire
Ambulance	West Midlands
European Parliament	West Midlands
List of places: UK • England • Staffordshire

Coordinates: 52°40′01″N 2°04′21″W / 52.66681, -2.07248

Saredon is a Civil Parish in South Staffordshire district, Staffordshire, England, situated to the North East of Wolverhampton, West Midlands, and to the South East of Cannock.

Formed from two hamlets, Little and Great Saredon, this parish lies south of the A5 and is bisected by the busy M6. The Saredon Brook, a tributary of the Penk, formerly known as that river’s Cannock Heath branch, links the hamlets. This brook provided the energy for two powerful corn mills at Saredon and Deepmore, and was also renowned for the large number of trout it held.

There was also a windmill in the middle of Little Saredon, which remained in use until at least 1872, its working life thereafter being slightly prolonged through the use of a portable steam engine to drive the stones. In 1942 the remains of the sails were removed and the tower was converted into a house for the proprietor of Hawkins Tile Works in Cannock.

Little Saredon’s other noteworthy feature was the disproportionately large number of yew trees that used to grow there. Great Saredon has a Roman tumulus on high ground, a quarter mile distant from, and facing, the A5. The estimated population for 2004 was 739.