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.^[2]

Caldecote
Caldecote Location within Warwickshire
Population	142 (2011)[1]
OS grid reference	SP3594
Shire county	Warwickshire
Region	West Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Nuneaton
Postcode district	CV10
Police	Warwickshire
Fire	Warwickshire
Ambulance	West Midlands
List of places UK England Warwickshire 52.54°N 01.48°W / 52.54; -01.48

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.^[3] The Hall was rebuilt in brick in 1880,^[4] 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.^[5]

Gallery

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  River Anker
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  Caldecote Hall

Sources

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)