Saredon

Saredon
Saredon
	Saredon Location within Staffordshire
Population	829 (2011)
OS grid reference	SJ951076
District	South Staffordshire;
Shire county	Staffordshire;
Region	West Midlands;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	WOLVERHAMPTON
Postcode district	WV10
Dialling code	01902
Police	Staffordshire
Fire	Staffordshire
Ambulance	West Midlands
	List of places UK England Staffordshire 52°40′01″N 2°04′21″W / 52.66681°N 2.07248°W

Saredon is a civil parish in South Staffordshire district, Staffordshire, England, situated to the north east of Wolverhampton, West Midlands, and to the south west of Cannock.

Formed from two hamlets, Little and Great Saredon, this parish lies south of the A5 and is bisected by the busy M6. The Saredon Brook, a tributary of the Penk, formerly known as that river's Cannock Heath branch, links the hamlets. This brook provided the energy for two powerful corn mills at Saredon and Deepmore, and was also renowned for the large number of trout it held.^[2]

There was also a windmill in the middle of Little Saredon, which remained in use until at least 1872, its working life thereafter being slightly prolonged through the use of a portable steam engine to drive the stones. In 1942, the remains of the sails were removed and the tower was converted into a house for the proprietor of Hawkins Tile Works in Cannock.

Little Saredon's other noteworthy feature was the disproportionately large number of yew trees that used to grow there. Great Saredon has a Roman tumulus on high ground, a quarter mile distant from, and facing, the A5. The estimated population in 2004 was 739.

Saredon in 1851

Saredon consists of two small hamlets, Great Saredon and Little Saredon, near the Cannock branch of the River Penk, which divides Saredon from Shareshill and also abounds in trout and other fish. The stream flows from Essington Woods and powers several large corn mills at Saredon and Deepmoor. A small independent Chapel was built here in 1840. Saredon contains 7 farmers, a maltster, a shopkeeper, 4 corn millers, a schoolmistress, a blacksmith, a shoemaker and a thrashing machine owner.^[3]

References

^ "Civil Population 2011". Retrieved 11 December 2015.
^ Shareshill parish, J Margaret Midgley, A History of the County of Stafford, volume 5, 1959, pp.173-182
^ William White, History, Gazetteer and Directory of Staffordshire, 1851, p.480

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[1] "Civil Population 2011". Retrieved 11 December 2015.

[2] Shareshill parish, J Margaret Midgley, A History of the County of Stafford, volume 5, 1959, pp.173-182

[3] William White, History, Gazetteer and Directory of Staffordshire, 1851, p.480

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v t e Ceremonial county of Staffordshire
Staffordshire Portal
Unitary authorities	Stoke-on-Trent
Boroughs or districts	Cannock Chase East Staffordshire Lichfield Newcastle-under-Lyme South Staffordshire Stafford Staffordshire Moorlands Tamworth
Major settlements (cities in italics)	Biddulph Burntwood Burton upon Trent Cannock Cheadle Eccleshall Fazeley Great Wyrley Hednesford Kidsgrove Leek Lichfield Newcastle-under-Lyme Rugeley Stafford Stoke-on-Trent Burslem Fenton Hanley Longton Stoke Tunstall Stone Tamworth Uttoxeter Wombourne See also: List of civil parishes in Staffordshire
Rivers	Anker Blithe Churnet Dane Dove Manifold Mease Penk Saredon Brook Sow Swarbourn Tame Trent Wheelock
Canals	Birmingham & Fazeley Caldon Lichfield Shropshire Union Staffs & Worcestershire Trent & Mersey Wyrley & Essington
Topics	Flag Museums Schools Grade I buildings Grade II* buildings Scheduled monuments Windmills High Sheriffs

Saredon in 1851

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