Caldy
Sign in to saveCaldy (historically spelt Calday) is a small, affluent village on the Wirral Peninsula, Merseyside, England, south-east of West Kirby. It is part of the West Kirby & Thurstaston Ward of the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, and is 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.
Weather now
cached 147h ago15°overcast clouds
58% 2.2 m/s OpenWeatherMap
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- +1290
- Image
- Caldy - geograph.org.uk - 2480.jpg
via Wikidata · CC0
Article
12 sectionsContents
- History
- Geography
- Education
- Sport
- Transport
- Road
- Rail
- Notable residents
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Caldy (historically spelt Calday) is a small, affluent village on the Wirral Peninsula, Merseyside, England, south-east of West Kirby. It is part of the West Kirby & Thurstaston Ward of the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, and is 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.
==History== It was first mentioned in the Domesday Book in 1086 as being owned by Hugh of Mere and being named ‘Calders’. Nearby is a large area of National Trust land called Caldy Hill. Many of the houses and walls in the village centre are built from the local red sandstone.