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Cauldon in 1872

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John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales - 1870-2

 

CAULDON, a parish in Cheadle district, Stafford; on the river Hamps, 3i miles ENE of Froghall railway station, and 7 WNW of Ashborne. Post-town, Ashborne. Acres, 1,458. Real property, £2,985; of which £1,044 are in quarries. Pop., 400. Houses, 77. The property is divided among a few.

Much of the surface is barren moor. Excellent limestone is extensively quarried on the lofty hill of Cauldon-Lowe; and sent, on a railway of three inclined planes, to Froghall. Good fossil marble also is found; and limestone is burnt. The river Hamps runs a long distance, in the neighbourhood, under-ground. Urns and flint-headed arrows have been found at Big-Lowe.

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £80. Patron, A. Henniker, Esq. The church has a square tower; and contains monuments to the Croppers, Wilmots, Marshalls, and WheIdons. 
 

[Description(s) from The Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72) - Transcribed by Mike Harbach ©2020]