Caldecote, Warwickshire
Coordinates: 52°32′N 1°29′W / 52.54°N 01.48°W
Caldecote is a village in Warwickshire, England, 2 miles north of Nuneaton and south of the A5.
Caldecote is an ancient settlement: it is recorded in the 1086 Domesday Book as being in the ownership of the Bishop of Chester. [1]
The manor house, Caldecote Hall, was the home of Parliamentarian Colonel William Purefoy during the English Civil War and was severely damaged by Royalist siege by Prince Rupert and Prince Maurice in 1642.
The Hall was rebuilt 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, 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. [2]
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River Anker
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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)
External links
Media related to Caldecote, Warwickshire at Wikimedia Commons
- ↑ "Caldecote Hall Estate".
- ↑ "Economies of scale". Country Life.