Cauldon in 1868

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer (1868)]

"CAULDON, a parish in the northern division of the hundred of Totmonslow, in the county of Stafford, 7 miles to the W. of Ashbourne, its post town. It is watered by the small river Hamps, which near this place has a subterranean passage for several miles. The parish contains limestone, which is quarried extensively for burning.

The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Lichfield, value £80, in the patronage of A. Henniker, Esq. The church is dedicated to St. Mary."

 

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]