Saredon is a
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...
in
South Staffordshire district,
Staffordshire
Staffordshire (; postal abbreviation ''Staffs''.) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the West Midlands (region), West Midlands of England. It borders Cheshire to the north-west, Derbyshire and Leicestershire to the east, ...
, England, situated to the north east of
Wolverhampton
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,
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.
There was also a
windmill
A windmill is a machine operated by the force of wind acting on vanes or sails to mill grain (gristmills), pump water, generate electricity, or drive other machinery.
Windmills were used throughout the high medieval and early modern period ...
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
A tumulus (: tumuli) is a mound of Soil, earth and Rock (geology), stones raised over a grave or graves. Tumuli are also known as barrows, burial mounds, mounds, howes, or in Siberia and Central Asia as ''kurgans'', and may be found through ...
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.
[William White, ''History, Gazetteer and Directory of Staffordshire,'' 1851, p.480]
See also
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Listed buildings in Saredon
References
External links
Map on Streetmap.co.ukSaredon Parish Council webpage
Villages in Staffordshire
South Staffordshire District
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