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Crowle - North Lincolnshire |
| Crowle
is a former Market town, which boasts a
number of Georgian and Victorian buildings
that surrounds the old market square. The
12th Century church of St Oswald contains
a rare Anglo-Scandinavian monument. Much
of the town centre is now a conservation
area.
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The
Location -
10 mile west of Scunthorpe, 6 miles
N.of Epworth, and 17 miles N. by W. of Gainsborough.
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The
Place-name & its Origins |
The
Doomsday
Book (1086)
referred to the village as "Crul".
Other
names - for the village include
Crull.
The
name - could have originated from
a Dutch word "Krul" which
means a small settlement, alternatively,
"Croc" meaning
a winding river.
-le - forest,
wood, glade - (Old Enlish - leah)
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There
are in the town four chapels, belonging
to the Wesleyan and Primitive Methodists,
the Independents, and the General- Baptists.
Three houses, with extensive common-rights,
and ten acres of land, were bequeathed to
this parish, for the education and relief
of the poor, by Richard Brewer, in 1687;
Thos. Walkwood, in 1692; and Richd. Clark,
in 1721. ....[entry
from White's Directory for 1842]
Crowle
parish includes also Eastoft township, and
many parts of it has been fertilized by
the warping process. Its market, formerly
held every Saturday, is now only held every
Monday fortnight, during the months of March,
April and May. Here are two annual fairs
for cattle, flax, &e., held on the last
Monday in May, and on Nov. 23rd, or old
Martinmus day; and another was formerly
held on Sept. 4th. ....[entry
from White's Directory for 1842]
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Population Through
The Years |
Year
- Population
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Year
- Population |
| 1801
1341
1811 1424
1821 1729
1831 1889
1841 2262
1851 1548
1861 2648
1871 3122
1881 2826
1891 2641 |
1901
2769
1911 2853
1921 3010
1931 2833
1951 2980
1961 3010
1971 3067
1981 3250
1991 3688 |
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The
Church (St Oswald,) has undergone many repairs,
but still retains a little of its original
Saxon architecture. It is a vicarage, valued
in K.B. at £14. 10s. and now at £777,
in the patronage and incumbency of the Rev.
Godfrey Egremont, for whom the Rev. James
Johnson officiates. The Rectory is in the
impropriation of R.P.Johnson, Esq. ; but
the tithes were commuted at the enclosure
of Godnow Common and Crowle Moor, when about
500 acres were awarded to the vicar. ....[entry
from White's Directory for 1842]
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