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Caldecote, Warwickshire

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Population
  
142 (2011)

Region
  
West Midlands

Sovereign state
  
United Kingdom

Shire county
  
Warwickshire

OS grid reference
  
SP3594

Country
  
England

Postcode district
  
CV10

Post town
  
Nuneaton

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Caldecote is a village in Warwickshire, England, 2 miles north of Nuneaton and south of the A5.

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Map of Caldecote, UK

An ancient settlement, Caldecote is recorded in the 1086 Domesday Book as being in the ownership of the Bishop of Chester.

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.

The Hall was rebuilt in brick 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.

References

Caldecote, Warwickshire Wikipedia


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