Caldecote, Buckinghamshire
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Caldecote (pronounced "Kal-de-COAT) is a tiny hamlet in the civil parish of Moulsoe in the City of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England, situated roughly 1 mile (1.6 km) south of Newport Pagnell, and roughly 3 miles (4.8 km) north-east of Central Milton Keynes.
History
The place name is fairly common in England and comes from an
Old English term meaning "cold cottage", referring to a resting place for travellers or other strangers on the road. The original Northampton to London road (modern B526
) runs nearby. The route was diverted in 1728 along a new road on the higher ground east of the village, causing the latter to decline.
Caldecote was recorded in the Domesday Book as Caldecote.[1]
The place name was once used elsewhere in Buckinghamshire in the ancient village adjacent to Bedgrove.
Location
The modern area is the triangle defined by the
flood plain of the River Ouzel
(or Lovat).
See also
There is also another ancient village (and now a modern development and
Caldecotte
.
References
- ^ "Buckinghamshire A-E". The Domesday Book Online. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
External links
- Ordnance Survey (1881). "Buckinghamshire X.6" (Map). OS 25-inch England and Wales, 1842-1952. 1:2,500. Ordnance Survey – via National Library of Scotland.
- Ordnance Survey (1886). "Buckinghamshire Sheet X" (Map). OS six-inch England and Wales, 1842-1952. 1:10,560. Ordnance Survey – via National Library of Scotland.