Caldecott, Northamptonshire

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Caldecott is a hamlet in the North Northamptonshire, England, about Script error: No such module "convert". east of the centre of Rushden and Script error: No such module "convert". south of Raunds. Caldecott is in the civil parish of Chelveston cum Caldecott, less than Script error: No such module "convert". south of Chelveston.

The villages name means 'Cold cottages'[1]

Parish Church

The Church of England parish church of St John the Baptist is in Caldecott Road between Caldecott and Chelveston. The earliest parts of the church are 13th-century, including the north tower. Part of the chancel is 14th-century. The south porch was built in 1635.[2] The arcades were rebuilt and the north aisle added in 1849–50 to designs by the architect E. F. Law.Template:Sfn The church is a Grade II* listed building.[2]

The north tower has a ring of five bells, but currently they are unringable. Accordingly a new electronic bell sound system was installed in 2012.

Church Bells

Henry Penn of Peterborough cast the second and tenor bells in 1727. Thomas I Eayre of Kettering cast the treble bell in 1744. Robert Taylor of Loughborough cast the third and fourth bells in 1819.[3]

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