← History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Shropshire [1851]
Chapter 142
Caynton,
a township two miles N.W. from Edgmond, has 670a. 0r. 17p. of land, which is the property of George Briscoe, Esq. Rateable value, £995. 12s. 6d. At the census of 1841 there were 14 houses and 51 inhabitants. Caynton House is a handsome brick residence pleasantly situated, in the occupancy of Mr. Thomas Paddock, farmer. There is a corn mill here situated on a small stream, which has its confluence with the river Tern in the parish of Ercall Magna. Calvington, returned as in the township of Caynton at the census of 1841, is held as a separate township by the parish officers. It contains 339a. 2r. 18p. of land, which is the property of Mr. Charles Morris. Rateable value, £464. 0s. 1½d. Stanford, a good farm two miles N. from Edgmond, has 221a. 0r. 23p. of land, which is the property of the Rev. William Dalton. Rateable value, £228. 17s. 1d.
Directory.—Thomas and William Paddock, farmers, maltsters, and corn millers, Caynton; Thomas Paddock, farmer, Caynton House; Sarah Pooler, farmer, Calvington; Edward Banton, farmer, Stanford Hall.