Caldicot
Template:Infobox Wales place Caldicot (Welsh: Cil-y-coed) is a small town in Monmouthshire, south Wales. It is located in between Chepstow and the city of Newport. It is also the location of Caldicot Castle. The population is around 11,000. It has a large school, Caldicot Comprehensive School, and is the nearest town to the Severn Tunnel.
The name 'Caldicot' derives from the Old English phase calde cot meaning 'cold hut'. A cold hut is an exposed shelter used by either humans or animals.
The town is recorded in the Domesday book in 1086. Its entry reads, 'Durand the Sheriff holds of the King, one land, in Caerwent, called Caldicot. He has in demesne there 3 ploughs, and 15 half villeins, and 4 bondmen, and one knight. All these have twelve ploughs. There is a mill worth ten shillings.'
Caldicot is twinned with Waghäusel, Germany and Morières les Avignon France.
Local Rumours
Caldicot has a couple of local rumours and folk tales. Here is one that I've read from a local Caldicot resident.
The rumour of an evil spectre lurking within the town center eating cornflakes and frosties.
One day little Billy Bobert saw that spectre, and they never saw him again. Until a few minutes later, when Billy Bobert was enjoying his new clothes from QS!!!! He was lured into the caldicot Castle ther he too had a bowl of cornflakes. It was there he saw HER.The cornflake/frosties mugger also known as the GWYER!!!!!!!!
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