Caldecote, Buckinghamshire
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Caldecote (pronounced "Kal-de-COAT) is a 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 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 M1 motorway, the A422 road and the A509 road. Originally mostly farmland, part is designated as urban open space since it is substantially within the flood plain of the River Ouzel (or Lovat). In the plans for Milton Keynes East, much of the area outside the flood plain has been redesignated for housing and commercial development.[2] The triangle bounded by the M1, Willen Road and the A422 Momks Way is already covered by two warehouses build speculatively for Panattoni.
See also
There is also another ancient village (and now a modern development and balancing lake) in nearby Walton (civil parish), with the very similar name of Caldecotte.
References
- ↑ "Buckinghamshire A-E". The Domesday Book Online. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
- ↑ Milton Keynes City Council (March 2020). "Milton Keynes East | Strategic Urban Extension Development Framework | Supplementary Planning Document" (PDF).
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.