Caldecotte is an area of Milton Keynes that sourrounds the site of an ancient village of that name. It is also the name of an important balancing lake that that manages flood water on the River Ouzel just as it enters Milton Keynes Milton Keynes (pronounced1 ) is a purpose-built, high technology city in the south east of England approximately 50 miles (80km) north of London and mid-way between Oxford and Cambridge. ... A Balancing lake (also flood basin) is an essential element of an urban drainage system, as a means of flood storage and thus control. ... See also Lovat River (Russia). ...
The place name is fairly common in England, and is Old English meaning "cold cottage". This refers to a resting place for travellers or other strangers on the road. The original Northampton to Londonturnpike(modern Brickhill Street) runs near by, just short of its junction with Watling Street (itself a major route in continuous use since Roman times, now the A5). Old English (also called Anglo-Saxon) is an early form of the English language that was spoken in England and southern Scotland between the mid-fifth century and the mid-twelfth century. ... This is about Northampton in England, for other places of the same name see Northampton (disambiguation) Northampton Guild Hall, built 1861-4, E.W. Godwin, architect Northampton is a large market town and a local government district in central England upon the River Nene, and the county town of Northamptonshire. ... The Clock Tower of the Palace of Westminster which contains Big Ben Tower Bridge at night A red double-decker bus crosses Piccadilly Circus. ... A toll road, turnpike or tollpike is a road on which a toll authority collects a fee for use. ... Watling Street was a Roman road which went from Dover on the southeast coast of England and is generally believed to have terminated at Viroconium (now Wroxeter in Shropshire). ... United Kingdom. ...
Grid reference SP 893 354 The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ...
There is also another hamlet near Newport Pagnell, with the very similar name of Caldecote (at Grid reference SP 881 424) Map sources for Newport Pagnell at grid reference SP873437 Newport Pagnell is a town in the traditional county of Buckinghamshire, England. ... Caldecote is a hamlet in Newport Pagnell parish in the County of Milton Keynes. ...
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