Caldwell, North Yorkshire

The name Caldwell derives from the Old English caldwella meaning 'cold spring'. Caldwell was mentioned in the Domesday Book in 1096 as being in the hundred of "Land of Count Alan" and the county of Yorkshire, although no population was recorded. It is recorded in Leland's Itinerary that Caldwell once had a castle. The castle was probably Norman in origin as Leland refers to it as a ruin as early as 1540. It apparently stood very near to the spring in the village, but no other details are known. Leland had written of the ruined castle at Aldbrough St John and went on to say: In 1870–72 John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Caldwell as:"a township in St. John-Stanwick parish, N. R. Yorkshire; on an affluent of the river Tees, 8 miles N of Richmond. Acres, 2,000. Real property, £2,102. Pop., 162. Houses, 34." == Governance ==

The village lies within the Richmond and Northallerton parliamentary constituency, which is under the control of the Conservative Party. The current Member of Parliament, since the 2015 general election, is Rishi Sunak. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Richmondshire, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council. in Caldwell == Community and culture ==

The chapel of St. Hilda, built in 1844, was funded by Charlotte Catherine Anne, Countess of Bridgewater, and was formerly part of the Stanwick St John parish. The village has one public house,The Brownlow Arms. ==See also==