Caynham
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Caynham is a village and civil parish in south Shropshire, England. The parish lies on the River Teme. It can be accessed via the A4117 or the A49 roads and is located miles (4 km) southeast of the market town of Ludlow. The civil parish includes the village of Cleehill and has an area of .
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- Locality
- Caynham
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
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- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Shropshire
- Population
- 1489
- Shares border with
- Shrewsbury
- Image
- Caynham - geograph.org.uk - 147391.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01584
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- OS grid reference
- SO550731
- postal code
- SY8
- Commons category
- Caynham
- P8168
- Towednack
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- History
- Early history of Caynham
- Bishop Hooper C of E School
- Landmarks
- St. Mary's Church
- Village hall
- Industry
- Geography
- Demography
- See also
- References
- External links
Caynham is a village and civil parish in south Shropshire, England. The parish lies on the River Teme. It can be accessed via the A4117 or the A49 roads and is located miles (4 km) southeast of the market town of Ludlow. The civil parish includes the village of Cleehill and has an area of .
==History== The word "Caynham" is an Old English derivation of "Caega's Ham" or homestead of a person called Caega. It is believed the Saxons arrived in the area around 550–600 AD. Caynham (often written as Cainham in historic texts) is also mentioned in the Domesday Book (1086):
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Caynham” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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