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| Name | Caldecote |
| Type | Ancient parish, Civil parish |
| Coordinates | 52.482°N 0.317°W |
| Located in | Huntingdonshire, England ( - 1965) |
| Also located in | Huntingdon and Peterborough, England (1965 - 1974) | | Cambridgeshire, England (1974 - ) |
| See also | Norman Cross Hundred, Huntingdonshire, England | hundred in which it was located | | Norman Cross Rural, Huntingdonshire, England | rural district in which it was located 1894-1935 | | Denton and Caldecote, Huntingdonshire, England | parish into which it was merged in 1935 | | Huntingdonshire District, Cambridgeshire, England | district municipality of which it has been part since 1974 |
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The hamlet and civil parish of Caldecote was located about 7 miles south of Peterborough in the Huntingdonshire.
In 1935 Caldecote, along with the neighbouring civil parish of Denton, was abolished and the area was merged into one civil parish named Denton and Caldecote. Both parishes were very narrow but stretched a considerable distance from east to west. In the UK census of 1931 Caldecote (just prior to joining with Denton) had 27 inhabitants in an area of 795 acres.
After mergers in 1965 and 1974 the county of Huntingdonshire became the Huntingdonshire District, part of the county of Cambridgeshire.
The following description from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72 is provided by the website A Vision of Britain Through Time (University of Portsmouth Department of Geography).
- "CALDECOTE, a parish in the [registration] district of Peterborough, and county of Huntingdon; 1½ mile WSW of Stilton, and 4 W of Holme [railway] station. Post Town: Stilton, under Peterborough. Acres: 778. Real property: £1,104. Population: 70. Houses: 14. The property is divided among a few. The manor belonged, in the 13th century, to the Hallidays. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely. Value: £156. Patron: W. Wells, Esq. The church is good.
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Research Tips
- Original historical documents relating to Huntingdonshire are now held by Cambridgeshire Archives and Local Studies at Shire Hall, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB7 4GS
- The Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire Family History Society has transcribed the parish registers for all the ancient parishes of Huntingdonshire and these can be purchased from the Society as pdfs.
- A History of the County of Huntingdon in 3 volumes from British History Online (Victoria County Histories). This is by far the most complete history of the parishes of the county to be found online. The chapters are ordered by the divisions of the county called hundreds, but each chapter is linked to the volume's content page. Volume 2 (published 1932) covers Hurstingstone and Toseland hundreds (index of parishes); Leightonstone and Norman Cross Hundreds (index of parishes) are found in Volume 3 (published 1936). Volume 1 is a part-volume describing the religious houses of the county.
- GENUKI has a page on Huntingdonshire and pages for each of the ecclesiastical or ancient parishes in the county. These give references to other organizations who hold genealogical information for the local area.
- The FamilyTree Wiki has a series of pages similar to those provided by GENUKI which may have been prepared at a later date.
- A Vision of Britain through Time, section "Units and Statistics" leads to analyses of population and organization of the county from about 1800 through 1974. There are pages available for all civil parishes, municipal boroughs and other administrative divisions.
- Map of Huntingdonshire divisions in 1888 produced by UK Ordnance Survey and provided online by A Vision of Britain through Time
- Map of Huntingdonshire divisions in 1944 produced by UK Ordnance Survey and provided online by A Vision of Britain through Time
Categories: Huntingdonshire, England | Caldecote, Huntingdonshire, England | Norman Cross Hundred, Huntingdonshire, England | Norman Cross Rural, Huntingdonshire, England | Denton and Caldecote, Huntingdonshire, England | Huntingdonshire District, Cambridgeshire, England |
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