Caverswall

Caverswall square

Caverswall is a village and parish in Staffordshire, to the south west of Staffordshire Moorlands. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 971.^[1]

Etymology

The name Caverswall is thought to have its origins in the Saxon words Cafhere, a personal noun, and Waelle, which meant spring or well.^[2] By the time of the Domesday Book the village was called Caureswelle.

Around the Village

Church of St Peter

Near the village square are St Peter's Church of England Aided School, St. Peter's Church, St. Filumena's Catholic Church, St.Filumena's Primary School and a { now disused } Wesleyan Chapel. Also located on The Square is the Red House, a public house. In the middle of the square there is a large tree under which is a set of stocks.

Caverswall Castle may date from a Saxon manor house, but the fortifications date from a licence to crenellate (royal permission to fortify) granted in November 1275, although there may have been an earlier application in 1230. The castle remains were in-filled by a house in 1615, by Matthew Craddock from Stafford, and the former moat has been restored to encircle the castle.^[3] It is privately owned.

Foxfield Railway is based approximately half a mile away from the village and runs heritage Steam Traction along the former Branch line to Foxfield Colliery.

References

↑ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 6 December 2015.
↑ Rogers, M J W (1994). Caverswall In Old Picture Postcards. European Library,Zaltbommel Netherlands. ISBN 90-288-5840-7.
↑ Davis, Philip (2007-11-13). "Caverswall Castle". The Gatehouse. Retrieved 2008-01-27.

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Coordinates: 52°59′00″N 2°04′28″W / 52.98342°N 2.07443°W / 52.98342; -2.07443

Ceremonial county of Staffordshire

Unitary authorities	Stoke-on-Trent

Boroughs or districts	Cannock Chase East Staffordshire Lichfield Newcastle-under-Lyme South Staffordshire Stafford Staffordshire Moorlands Tamworth

Major settlements	Biddulph Burntwood Burton upon Trent Cannock Cheadle Eccleshall Fazeley Hednesford Kidsgrove Leek Lichfield Newcastle-under-Lyme Penkridge Rugeley Stafford Stoke-on-Trent Burslem Fenton Hanley Longton Stoke Tunstall Stone Tamworth Uttoxeter See also: List of civil parishes in Staffordshire

Rivers	Anker Blithe Churnet Dane Dove Manifold Mease Penk Sow Swarbourn Tame Trent Wheelock

Canals	Birmingham & Fazeley Caldon Lichfield Shropshire Union Staffs & Worcestershire Trent & Mersey Wyrley & Essington

Topics	Flag Museums Schools Grade I buildings Grade II* buildings Windmills High Sheriffs

Civil parishes of Staffordshire Moorlands

Council	Staffordshire Moorlands District Council

Civil parishes	Alstonefield Alton Bagnall Biddulph Blore with Swinscoe Bradnop Brown Edge Butterton Caverswall Cheadle Checkley Cheddleton Consall Coton Dilhorne Draycott in the Moors Endon and Stanley Farley Fawfieldhead Forsbrook Grindon Heathylee Heaton Hollinsclough Horton Ilam Ipstones Kingsley Leek Leekfrith Longnor Longsdon Oakamoor Onecote Quarnford Rushton Sheen Tittesworth Warslow and Elkstones Waterhouses Werrington Wetton

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