Saredon

Saredon
Saredon Saredon shown within Staffordshire
Population	829 (2011)^[1]
OS grid reference	SJ951076
District	South Staffordshire
Shire county	Staffordshire
Region	West Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	WOLVERHAMPTON
Postcode district	WV10
Dialling code	01902
Police	Staffordshire
Fire	Staffordshire
Ambulance	West Midlands
EU Parliament	West Midlands
List of places UK England Staffordshire

Coordinates: 52°40′01″N 2°04′21″W / 52.66681°N 2.07248°W / 52.66681; -2.07248

Saredon is a civil parish in South Staffordshire district, Staffordshire, England, situated to the north east of Wolverhampton, West Midlands, and to the south west of Cannock.

Formed from two hamlets, Little and Great Saredon, this parish lies south of the A5 and is bisected by the busy M6. The Saredon Brook, a tributary of the Penk, formerly known as that river’s Cannock Heath branch, links the hamlets. This brook provided the energy for two powerful corn mills at Saredon and Deepmore, and was also renowned for the large number of trout it held.^[2]

There was also a windmill in the middle of Little Saredon, which remained in use until at least 1872, its working life thereafter being slightly prolonged through the use of a portable steam engine to drive the stones. In 1942, the remains of the sails were removed and the tower was converted into a house for the proprietor of Hawkins Tile Works in Cannock.

Little Saredon’s other noteworthy feature was the disproportionately large number of yew trees that used to grow there. Great Saredon has a Roman tumulus on high ground, a quarter mile distant from, and facing, the A5. The estimated population in 2004 was 739.

Saredon in 1851

Saredon consists of two small hamlets, Great Saredon and Little Saredon, near the Cannock branch of the River Penk, which divides Saredon from Shareshill and also abounds in trout and other fish. The stream flows from Essington Woods and powers several large corn mills at Saredon and Deepmoor. A small independent Chapel was built here in 1840. Saredon contains 7 farmers, a malster, a shopkeeper, 4 corn millers, a schoolmistress, a blacksmith, a shoemaker and a thrashing machine owner.^[3]

References

↑ "Civil Population 2011". Retrieved 11 December 2015.
↑ Shareshill parish, J Margaret Midgley, A History of the County of Stafford, volume 5, 1959, pp.173-182
↑ William White, History, Gazeteer and Directory of Staffordshire, 1851, p.480

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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 South Staffordshire

Council	South Staffordshire District Council

Civil parishes	Acton Trussell, Bednall & Teddesley Hay Bilbrook Blymhill and Weston under Lizard Bobbington Brewood and Coven Cheslyn Hay Codsall Coppenhall Dunston, Staffordshire Enville Essington Featherstone Great Wyrley Hatherton Hilton Himley Huntington Kinver Lapley, Stretton and Wheaton Aston Lower Penn Pattingham and Patshull Penkridge Perton Saredon Shareshill Swindon Trysull & Seisdon Wombourne

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