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CALDWELL PRIORY

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The priory of St John the Baptist at Caldwell was founded early in the reign of Henry II, probably about 1154. It originally belonged to the order of the Holy Sepulchre, but was under the Augustinian general chapter by about 1280. There were 9 canons in 1530 and 1534, and the house surrendered in 1536. Traces of the conventual buildings still remained in the field adjoining the farmhouse in 1802, but the property was later dispersed and sold in lots. A Bronze Age skull, probably form a crouched burial, a Neolithic axe, and Palaeolithic implements, have been found on the site.

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(TL 04394900) Cauldwell Priory (on site of) (NAT) Priory (NR) (1)

The priory of St John the Baptist at Caldwell was founded early in the reign of Henry II, probably about 1154. It originally belonged to the order of the Holy Sepulchre, but was under the Augustinian general chapter by about 1280. There were 9 canons in 1530 and 1534, and the house surrendered in 1536. Traces of the conventual buildings still remained in the field adjoining the farmhouse in 1802, but the property was later dispersed and sold in lots. (2-4)

Palaeolithic implements found on the Priory site are now in Bedford Modern School Museum.

Workmen laying mains at the Britannia Iron and Steel Works unearthed a human skull of Bronze Age date, probably from a crouched burial. There were no associated finds. (5-7)

A polished flint axe from Cauldwell Priory is now in Bedford Museum (Acc. No. 2626). (8)

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( 1) Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date)

OS 1:2500 1901

( 2) edited by H Arthur Doubleday and William Page 1904 The Victoria History of the county of Bedford, volume one

The Victoria history of the counties of England Page(s)382-7

( 3) edited by William Page 1912 The Victoria History of the county Bedford : volume III

The Victoria history of the counties of England Page(s)21

( 4) by David Knowles and R Neville Hadcock 1971 Medieval religious houses in England and Wales

Page(s)151,349

( 5) Annotated Record Map

Corr 6" (FW Kuhlicke 1949)

( 6) Annotated Record Map

Corr 6" (1953)

( 7) Oral information, correspondence (not archived) or staff comments

( 8) Bedfordshire Archaeological Society Bedfordshire archaeological journal

DH Kennett 6, 1971 Page(s)67

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