June 2, 2014

Brick Making – 1649

Mr Barley says in The English Farmhouse that there was enough demand for brick s in the Isle of Axholme, Lincolnshire, to encourage men to make them anywhere, anyhow. William Occarbie of Crowle was presented to the manor court in 1649 ‘for making brick s on the common and selling them out of the manor’. Barley M. W. The English Farmhouse and Cottage, Routledge, 1961

May 27, 2014

Crowle Brickworks. Site Visit 1980, 5th September

In September 1980 Ann Los visited Crowle Brickworks as it was being closed down. This is her account and photographs of her visit. Where ann has inserted text from one of the printed leaflets from the brickworks I have put this with a coloured background. Crowle Brickworks Innes Lee Industries Site Visit 1980 5th September Clay Large flooded clay Pits of irregular shape and one […]

February 25, 2014

Building Crowle Railway Swing Bridge

In order for the Axholme Joint Railway to cross the Stainforth and Keadby Canal it was necessary for the railway company to construct a swing bridge as the Humber Keel Barges that plyed the canal had very tall sails. The bridge was completed in 1905 and was powered by 20hp Crossley diesel oil engine, though could be turned by hand in the event of engine […]

February 16, 2014

Newspaper clippings for Crowle

Stamford Mercury 19 March 1819 CROWLE INCLOSURE To be SOLD by AUCTION At the house of Mrs Isle, the Darby and Joan Inn, in Crowle, on Monday the 4th day of May next, before the Commissioners for the said Inclosure; Two allotments of LAND, situate on the Carr Common, in Crowle aforesaid, containing together by survey 20A.3R. 7P., set out and allotted to the Trustees […]

February 15, 2014

Coat of Arms in window at the back of the church.

Coat of Arms of Sydney William Herbert Pierrepont, 3rd Earl Manvers (1825–1900). This is in a window at the back of the Church. The left hand side (dexter) of the crest is the Pierrepoint Family coat of arms and the right hand side (sinister) will be that of his wife, Georgine Jane Elizabeth Fanny de Franquetot, second daughter of Gustave, Duc de Coigny. Her coat of […]

January 27, 2014

FAMILY HISTORY FROM ACROSS THE HUMBER

hello axholme my name is rob brewitt and im researching the families of axholme haxey and the families of axholme I live in driffield in east Yorkshire but my great grandfather and my family come from axholme im wondering if anyone knows of the following families and if I have any relations still in the surrounding areas my great grandfather was born in owston ferry […]