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Caldwell
Caldwell in England North East, United Kingdom.
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- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
Caldwell is a place of interest in England North East, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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Caldwell is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England, close to the border with County Durham and approximately 10 miles west of Darlington. According to the 2011 UK census the parish had a population of 138, increasing from 115 at the 2001 census.
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Background
History
The name Caldwell derives from the Old English caldwella meaning 'cold spring'. Caldwell was mentioned in the Domesday Book in 1096 as being in the hundred of "Land of Count Alan" and the county of Yorkshire, although no population was recorded. It is recorded in Leland's Itinerary that Caldwell once had a castle. The castle was probably Norman in origin as Leland refers to it as a ruin as early as 1540. It apparently stood very near to the spring in the village, but no other details are known. Leland had written of the ruined castle at Aldbrough St John and went on to say: In 1870–72 John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Caldwell as:<blockquote>"a township…
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- Coordinates
- 54.5161, -1.7532
Sources
- wikidata: Q2542502 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Caldwell, North Yorkshire (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Caldwell?
- Caldwell is in North East England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 54.5161°, -1.7532°.