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Caldecote, Huntingdonshire

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34: 409:. In different parts of the country, these were terms for the area of land that a team of eight oxen could plough in a single season and are equivalent to 120 acres (49 hectares); this was the amount of land that was considered to be sufficient to support a single family. By 1086, the hide had become a unit of tax assessment rather than an actual land area; a hide was the amount of land that could be assessed as £1 for tax purposes. The survey records that there was nine ploughlands at Caldecote in 1086 and that there was the capacity for a further five ploughlands. There was 40 acres (16 hectares) of meadows and 15 acres (6 hectares) of woodland at Caldecote. 50: 57: 229: 416:
and was a type of land-tax based on the hide or ploughland. It was originally a way of collecting a tribute to pay off the Danes when they attacked England, and was only levied when necessary. Following the Norman Conquest, the geld was used to raise money for the King and to pay for continental
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Caldecote. There is no consensus about the average size of a household at that time; estimates range from 3.5 to 5.0 people per household. Using these figures, an estimate of the population of Caldecote in 1086 is in the range of 42 and 60 people. There was no church mentioned at Caldecote.
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in Huntingdonshire. In 1086 there were two manors at Caldecote; the annual rent paid to the lords of the manors in 1066 had been £4 and the rent had increased to £5 in 1086. The Domesday Book does not explicitly detail the population of a place but it records that there was 12 households at
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which has administration buildings in Cambridge. The county council provides county-wide services such as major road infrastructure, fire and rescue, education, social services, libraries and heritage services. Cambridgeshire County Council consists of 69 councillors representing 60
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of value would be levied on the land holder. While this was typically two shillings in the pound the amount did vary; for example, in 1084 it was as high as six shillings in the pound. For the manors at Caldecote the total tax assessed was five geld.
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ordered that a survey should be carried out across his kingdom to discover who owned which parts and what it was worth. The survey took place in 1086 and the results were recorded in what, since the 12th century, has become known as the
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wars; by 1130, the geld was being collected annually. Having determined the value of a manor's land and other assets, a tax of so many
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of Cambridgeshire and has its headquarters in Huntingdon. Huntingdonshire District Council has 52 councillors representing 29
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and is represented on the district council by one councillor. District councillors serve for four-year terms following
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The Domesday Book uses a number of units of measure for areas of land that are now unfamiliar terms, such as
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The former Parish Church of St Mary Magdalene, a Grade II* listed building, is now a private dwelling.
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of Huntingdonshire until 1965. From 1965, the village was part of the new administrative county of
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In the period 1801 to 1901 the population of Caldecote was recorded every ten years by the
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From 1901, a census was taken every ten years with the exception of 1941 (due to the
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The parish of Caldecote was merged with the parish of Denton after 1931.
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At Westminster Caldecote is in the parliamentary constituency of
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and is represented on the county council by two councillors.
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which does not have a parish council but has an annual
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of England. In 1931 the parish had a population of 27.
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For Caldecote the highest tier of local government is
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The tax assessment in the Domesday Book was known as
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system of election. Caldecote is represented in the
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within a county there is a list of their estates or
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Caldecote is located in Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire
OS grid reference
TL143883
Civil parish
Denton and Caldecote
District
Huntingdonshire
Shire county
Cambridgeshire
Region
East
Country
England
Sovereign state
Post town
Postcode district
PE7
Dialling code
Police
Cambridgeshire
Fire
Cambridgeshire
Ambulance
East of England
UK
England
Cambridgeshire
52°28′51″N 0°19′04″W / 52.4808°N 0.3178°W / 52.4808; -0.3178

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