Cauldwell, Bedford
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Cauldwell is an electoral ward and area within the town
of Bedford
, England
.
The boundaries of Cauldwell are approximately the Rope Walk to the north, Redwood Grove and Willow Road to the east, with the Midland Main Line
railway line to the south. The area is sometimes known as St John's.
which was built to the north of the area by Franciscan
Friars in 1238. Cauldwell comes from the Old-English Cauldwella meaning cold well or spring. The priory included a leper colony
dedicated to St Leonard
.
The 19th Century saw Bedford transform into an important engineering hub. Many large industries located to the Cauldwell area, including Bedford Igranic on Elstow
Road. The Britannia Iron Works were opened on Kempston
Road in 1859, and General Giuseppe Garibaldi
visited the works in 1864. Bedford Infirmary was established in Cauldwell in 1803, becoming Bedford Hospital
in 1897. Bedford Lunatic Asylum
was built on Ampthill Road in 1812, but closed in 1860.
After the Second World War, the Cauldwell area was significantly redeveloped and expanded, and new residential estates were constructed to the south of the existing area.
is the local council for Cauldwell and the neighbouring ward of Kingsbrook
, with twelve seats elected every four years (six of which are from Cauldwell). There are currently three Liberal Democrat
, one Conservative
, one Labour
, and one independent councillors representing Cauldwell on the Community Council.
Cauldwell elects two councillors to Bedford Borough Council
, both of which are currently from the Labour party.
are based on Ampthill Road, next to offices for Central Bedfordshire Council. Bedford Hospital
is also located on Ampthill Road, as is Bedford St Johns railway station
. Most of the shops and services in Cauldwell are located on Ampthill Road. These include small convenience stores, a post office
and a variety of take away
restaurants.
There are more local shops located on Elstow
Road and Gostwick Road.
for the adjoining village of Elstow
, and the Wixams
new town
development.
There is no upper school
in the area. Cauldwell is in the catchment area for Bedford Academy which is situated in the nearby area of Kingsbrook
. However, the proposed Bedford Free School is due to open on Cauldwell Street in the area for 11-16 year olds in September 2012.
The University of Bedfordshire
operates a nurse-training site at Bedford Hospital.
Town
A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size a settlement must be in order to be called a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many American "small towns" seem to British people to be no more than villages, while...
of Bedford
Bedford
Bedford is the county town of Bedfordshire, in the East of England. It is a large town and the administrative centre for the wider Borough of Bedford. According to the former Bedfordshire County Council's estimates, the town had a population of 79,190 in mid 2005, with 19,720 in the adjacent town...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
.
The boundaries of Cauldwell are approximately the Rope Walk to the north, Redwood Grove and Willow Road to the east, with the Midland Main Line
Midland Main Line
The Midland Main Line is a major railway route in the United Kingdom, part of the British railway system.The present-day line links London St...
railway line to the south. The area is sometimes known as St John's.
History
Cauldwell derives its name from Cauldwell PrioryPriory
A priory is a house of men or women under religious vows that is headed by a prior or prioress. Priories may be houses of mendicant friars or religious sisters , or monasteries of monks or nuns .The Benedictines and their offshoots , the Premonstratensians, and the...
which was built to the north of the area by Franciscan
Franciscan
Most Franciscans are members of Roman Catholic religious orders founded by Saint Francis of Assisi. Besides Roman Catholic communities, there are also Old Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran, ecumenical and Non-denominational Franciscan communities....
Friars in 1238. Cauldwell comes from the Old-English Cauldwella meaning cold well or spring. The priory included a leper colony
Leper colony
A leper colony, leprosarium, or lazar house is a place to quarantine leprous people.-History:Leper colonies or houses became widespread in the Middle Ages, particularly in Europe and India, and often run by monastic orders...
dedicated to St Leonard
Leonard of Noblac
Leonard of Noblac or of Limoges or de Noblet , is a Frankish saint closely associated with the town and abbey of Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat, in Haute-Vienne, in the Limousin of France.-Traditional biography:According to the romance that...
.
The 19th Century saw Bedford transform into an important engineering hub. Many large industries located to the Cauldwell area, including Bedford Igranic on Elstow
Elstow
Elstow is a village and civil parish in the English county of Bedfordshire. John Bunyan, was born here - at Bunyan's End, which lay approximately halfway between the hamlet of Harrowden and Elstow's High Street.-History:...
Road. The Britannia Iron Works were opened on Kempston
Kempston
Kempston is a town and civil parish located in Bedfordshire, England. Once known as the largest village in England, Kempston is now a town with its own town council. It has a population of about 20,000, and together with Bedford, it forms an urban area with around 100,000 inhabitants, which is the...
Road in 1859, and General Giuseppe Garibaldi
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Giuseppe Garibaldi was an Italian military and political figure. In his twenties, he joined the Carbonari Italian patriot revolutionaries, and fled Italy after a failed insurrection. Garibaldi took part in the War of the Farrapos and the Uruguayan Civil War leading the Italian Legion, and...
visited the works in 1864. Bedford Infirmary was established in Cauldwell in 1803, becoming Bedford Hospital
Bedford Hospital
Bedford Hospital is a District General Hospital located in the English town of Bedford, serving north and mid Bedfordshire. It is run by Bedford Hospital NHS Trust.-Main site :...
in 1897. Bedford Lunatic Asylum
Bedford Lunatic Asylum
The Bedford Lunatic Asylum was built in 1812, and was the second of its kind in England. It was open for 48 years and closed in 1860 because the asylum was not improving its patients' health.- Background :...
was built on Ampthill Road in 1812, but closed in 1860.
After the Second World War, the Cauldwell area was significantly redeveloped and expanded, and new residential estates were constructed to the south of the existing area.
Governance
Cauldwell and Kingsbrook Urban Community CouncilCommunity council
A community council is a public representative body in Great Britain.In England they may be statutory parish councils by another name, under the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007, or they may be non-statutory bodies...
is the local council for Cauldwell and the neighbouring ward of Kingsbrook
Kingsbrook
Kingsbrook is an electoral ward and area within the town of Bedford, England.The boundaries of Kingsbrook are approximately the River Great Ouse and Priory Country Park to the north, Cambridge Road and the A421 to the south and east, with Redwood Grove and Willow Road to the west.The Fenlake and ...
, with twelve seats elected every four years (six of which are from Cauldwell). There are currently three Liberal Democrat
Liberal Democrats
The Liberal Democrats are a social liberal political party in the United Kingdom which supports constitutional and electoral reform, progressive taxation, wealth taxation, human rights laws, cultural liberalism, banking reform and civil liberties .The party was formed in 1988 by a merger of the...
, one Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
, one Labour
Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
, and one independent councillors representing Cauldwell on the Community Council.
Cauldwell elects two councillors to Bedford Borough Council
Bedford (borough)
Bedford is a unitary authority with the status of a borough in the ceremonial county of Bedfordshire, England. Its council is based at Bedford, which is also the county town of Bedfordshire. The borough contains a single urban area, the 69th largest in the United Kingdom that comprises Bedford and...
, both of which are currently from the Labour party.
Economy
The headquarters of Box CleverBox Clever
boxclever is a British electronic and domestic appliance rental chain created in 2000 by the merger of Radio Rentals and Granada Rentals. The company originally operated through high street stores, but it now only trades online from its head office in Bedford....
are based on Ampthill Road, next to offices for Central Bedfordshire Council. Bedford Hospital
Bedford Hospital
Bedford Hospital is a District General Hospital located in the English town of Bedford, serving north and mid Bedfordshire. It is run by Bedford Hospital NHS Trust.-Main site :...
is also located on Ampthill Road, as is Bedford St Johns railway station
Bedford St Johns railway station
Bedford St Johns is the smaller of two railway stations that serve the town of Bedford in Bedfordshire. It is on the Marston Vale line from Bletchley to Bedford Midland.The station is unstaffed, and is operated by London Midland....
. Most of the shops and services in Cauldwell are located on Ampthill Road. These include small convenience stores, a post office
Post office
A post office is a facility forming part of a postal system for the posting, receipt, sorting, handling, transmission or delivery of mail.Post offices offer mail-related services such as post office boxes, postage and packaging supplies...
and a variety of take away
Take Away
Take Away is a 2003 Australian comedy movie, written by Dave O'Neil, who also features as a minor character, and Mark O'Toole. It stars Vince Colosimo, Stephen Curry, Rose Byrne and Nathan Phillips...
restaurants.
Elstow
Elstow is a village and civil parish in the English county of Bedfordshire. John Bunyan, was born here - at Bunyan's End, which lay approximately halfway between the hamlet of Harrowden and Elstow's High Street.-History:...
Road and Gostwick Road.
Education
There are two lower schools in Cauldwell - Shackleton Lower School located on Pearcey Road, and Cauldwell Lower School situated on Edward Road. Children in Cauldwell usually go on to attend Abbey Middle School sited on Mowbray Road. Although the school is situated in the Cauldwell neighbourhood of Bedford, it is also the middle schoolMiddle school
Middle School and Junior High School are levels of schooling between elementary and high schools. Most school systems use one term or the other, not both. The terms are not interchangeable...
for the adjoining village of Elstow
Elstow
Elstow is a village and civil parish in the English county of Bedfordshire. John Bunyan, was born here - at Bunyan's End, which lay approximately halfway between the hamlet of Harrowden and Elstow's High Street.-History:...
, and the Wixams
Wixams
Wixams is a new town in Bedfordshire, England, which has been under construction since early 2007. It is expected to become the third largest settlement in the Borough of Bedford after Bedford itself and Kempston, and one of the largest new settlements founded in England since the British new towns...
new town
New town
A new town is a specific type of a planned community, or planned city, that was carefully planned from its inception and is typically constructed in a previously undeveloped area. This contrasts with settlements that evolve in a more ad hoc fashion. Land use conflicts are uncommon in new...
development.
There is no upper school
Upper school
Upper Schools tend to be schools within secondary education. Outside England, the term normally refers to a section of a larger school. There is some variation in the use of the term in England.-State Maintained Schools:...
in the area. Cauldwell is in the catchment area for Bedford Academy which is situated in the nearby area of Kingsbrook
Kingsbrook
Kingsbrook is an electoral ward and area within the town of Bedford, England.The boundaries of Kingsbrook are approximately the River Great Ouse and Priory Country Park to the north, Cambridge Road and the A421 to the south and east, with Redwood Grove and Willow Road to the west.The Fenlake and ...
. However, the proposed Bedford Free School is due to open on Cauldwell Street in the area for 11-16 year olds in September 2012.
The University of Bedfordshire
University of Bedfordshire
The University of Bedfordshire is based in Luton and Bedford, the two largest towns in the English county of Bedfordshire. The university was created by the merger of the University of Luton and the Bedford campus of De Montfort University on 1 August 2006 following approval by the Privy Council...
operates a nurse-training site at Bedford Hospital.
Religious sites
- The WesleyanWesleyanismWesleyanism or Wesleyan theology refers, respectively, to either the eponymous movement of Protestant Christians who have historically sought to follow the methods or theology of the eighteenth-century evangelical reformers, John Wesley and his brother Charles Wesley, or to the likewise eponymous...
Holiness Church, located on Offa Road - Southend Methodist Church, also on Offa Road
- The Redeemed Christian Church of GodRedeemed Christian Church of GodThe Redeemed Christian Church of God is a Nigeria-based Pentecostal Holiness ministry.-History:The RCCG was founded by Nigerian pastor Josiah Akindayomi...
holds its meetings at the community centre on Faraday Square and Kelvin Avenue