Field Archive

1January 26, 2013
James Fox & Sons – Properties acquired from Thomas Tune’s Executors

An account book of James Fox lists the properties purchased in 1892. This might not be a complete list as I do not have copies of the subsequent pages. Freehold…
0April 16, 2012
Pre-enclosure Close Names

The 1738 Manorial Plan and survey includes a list of all the closes and who owned them. Many of the closes have interesting names. I have summarised the close names…
1April 14, 2012
Pre-Enclosure Field Names in Crowle and Ealand

High Breaking Whong and Caugars are but two of the names given to areas of land in the Manorial Plan and Survey of 1738. The 1738 Manorial Plan and Survey…
0January 14, 2012
Windsor

Windsor is a small hamlet within Crowle, just off Windsor Lane. It is the derivation for the names of Windsor Road, Windsor Crescent and Windsor Lane itself. Before the construction…