CALDECOTE, a parish in the Atherstone division
of the hundred of HEMLINGFORD, county of WARWICK,
3 miles (S.E. by E.) from Atherstone, containing 86
inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory, in the
archdeaconry of Coventry, and diocese of Lichfield and
Coventry, rated in the king's books at £6. 15., endowed
with £200 private benefaction, and £400 royal
bounty, and in the patronage of S. Hemming, Esq.
The church is dedicated to St. Theobald and St. Chad'.
In 1647, George Abbott bequeathed land, directing
the annual produce to be expended in teaching poor,
children, and in providing them and poor families
with bibles. The Coventry canal passes through this
parish.