Caverswall

Other current and historical names

Careswell
Cavreswelle

Parish/Community: Caverswall
District/Borough: Staffordshire Moorlands
County: Staffordshire
Region: West Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°59'0"N 2°4'27"W
Eastings/Northings: 395112, 342916
OS Grid: SJ951429
Mapcode Local: GBR 25Z.Y4T
Mapcode Global: WHBD2.38JJ

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Caverswall within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Caverswall in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Caverswall, par., N. Staffordshire, 5 miles SE. of Stoke-upon-Trent, 5262 ac., pop. 5109; P.O.; contains Caverswall Castle.

Caverswall in the Domesday Book

A village in Totmonslow hundred, in the county of Staffordshire.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Wulfgeat of Madeley
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert of Stafford
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Arnulf of Hesdin (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ³⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1086
- Households: 10 villagers; 2 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 3 men's ploughs (4 plough lands)
- Meadow: 6 acres
- Woodland: 1 league
- Churches: 0.5

British Place Names

Caverswall, Staffordshire

Caverswall is a village in Staffordshire

Caverswall in historic gazetteers

Caverswall in the Domesday Book