Caldy

infobox UK place
country= England
latitude= 53.3599
longitude= -3.164
map_type= Merseyside
official_name= Caldy
shire_county= Merseyside
population= 1,290 (2001 Census)citeweb|url=http://www.wirral.gov.uk/factsandfigures/census2001/oneward2recset.asp?ref=TS08|title=Wirral 2001 Census: Caldy|work=Metropolitan Borough of Wirral|accessdate=10 May|accessyear=2007]
shire_district= Wirral
region= North West England
constituency_westminster= Wirral West
post_town= WIRRAL
postcode_district= CH48
postcode_area= CH
dial_code= 0151
os_grid_reference= SJ226854

Caldy is a village on the Wirral Peninsula, Merseyside, England, located to the south east of West Kirby. It is part of the West Kirby & Thurstaston Ward of the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral and is situated in the parliamentary constituency of Wirral West. At the time of the 2001 Census, Caldy had 1,290 inhabitants, of a total ward population of 12,869. [citeweb|url=http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=3&b=5941371&c=west+kirby&d=14&e=16&g=361691&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&enc=1|title=2001 Census: West Kirby & Caldy (Ward)|work=Office for National Statistics|accessdate=10 May|accessyear=2007]

History

It was first mentioned in the Domesday Book in 1086 as being owned by Hugh of Mere. Nearby is a large area of National Trust land called Caldy Hill. Many of the houses and walls are built from the local red sandstone.

Caldy was a township in the West Kirby Parish of the Wirral Hundred. The population was 92 in 1801, 142 in 1851, 202 in 1901 and 607 in 1951. [citeweb|url=http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/chs/caldy.html|title=Cheshire Towns & Parishes: Caldy|work=GENUKI UK & Ireland Genealogy|accessdate=26 April|accessyear=2008] Between 1894 and 1933, Caldy was part of Wirral Rural District, then subsequently Wirral Urban District. On 1 April 1974, local government reorganisation in England and Wales resulted in most of Wirral, including Caldy, transfer from the county of Cheshire to Merseyside.

Caldy railway station was situated on the Hooton to West Kirby branch of the Chester and Birkenhead Railway. The station closed in 1954 and the trackbed is now the 'Wirral Way' of Wirral Country Park.

Education

Calday Grange Grammar School is between Caldy and West Kirby.

Transport

The nearest railway station to Caldy is West Kirby, on the Wirral Line of the Merseyrail network. Local bus services are the 22 and 22A, which run hourly to Chester via West Kirby, Heswall, Neston and Burton (22A) or Willaston (22).

Notable residents

Caldy is noted for having many well known residents, particularly those connected to professional football. Currently Robbie Fowler, Rafael Benitez, Steven Gerrard and John Arne Riise own property there.

References

ee also

*Church of the Resurrection and All Saints, Caldy