Peat Industry
January 11, 2012

Moorends Peat Works

The Moorends Peat works is interesting, as in addition to be supplied with peat from the moors by tramway it also received peat by means of a specially built canal. In 1894 Dutch immigrant workers introduced the ‘Dutch graving’ method of peat extraction. The peat thus extracted was then transported by horse drawn barge on a network of canals to the Moorends Peat Works (Paraffin […]

Family History
January 8, 2012

Anderson Hind of Crowle

    Anderson’s Father John Hind moved to Crowle not long after he and Elizabeth Anderson were married in Epworth on 3rd October 1800. In 1802 John Hind bought a Corn Mill in Crowle from Mr James Turner. This was the year in which Anderson, the eldest child of John & Elizabeth, was born. Under the Crowle Enclosure Award of 1822 John Hind was awarded […]

History
January 5, 2012

Dissenters Certificates for Crowle in Lincolnshire Archives

DISS/1717/8 Crowle Nov 10 1717 We whose names are hereunder inscribed set apart a granary belonging to Mr Richard Anderson (situated in the back street at the Northern end of the Town of Crowle in the Isle of Haxey for the purposes of public worship for the use of His Majesty’s protestant dissenting subjects commonly called independents do request the same building may be used for the […]

Pubs & Breweries
January 4, 2012

Crowle Pubs

The White Hart  – Market Place Red Lion  – North Street Lock Stock & Barrel  – Cross Street Cross Keys – Market Place George & Dragon – High Street The Market Tavern – Market Place Mason’s Arms – High Street St Oswald – North Street Darby & Joan – High Street New Trent Inn – Ealand South Yorkshire Hotel – Ealand Ship – Crowle Wharf

Wind MIlls
December 27, 2011

Wind Mills in Crowle

There were four separate mills on Mill Road and a further mill on Godknow Road.       Godknow Road Mill Millers; 1891 Peter Cranidge, Occupation, Miller, 1891 – Godknow Road, Crowle, Lincolnshire, (1891 Census) Place: South Mill, Crowle, Lincolnshire, England Creator: photographer : Muggeridge, Donald William, Mr., b.1918 Date: 31.5.1947 Description: Black and white negative and print made from it of South Mill, a […]

Manor of Crowle
November 26, 2011

Manor of Crowle in Stonehouse

MANOR OF CROULE. FTER descending the downland lawns, and passing through the fertile plain called Belton Field, the traveller enters a similar tract of land, where the town of Crul, or Croule, stands close to one of the branches of the southern Don. The word Crul is probably a corruption of the Dutch word Krol, which signifies a shed or small habitation of any kind. […]

Bill Goldthorp Family History
October 6, 2011

The first Goldthorps in Crowle.

The first Goldthorps in Crowle.   John Goldthorp married Susannah Crossland at St. Oswald’s Church in Crowle on 17 Nov. 1709. John must have been an incomer, Susannah being baptised on 25 Apr. 1686. The children baptised with their parentage were: – Mary. 12 Oct 1710. Elizabeth. 31 May 1713. Anne. 28 Jan. 1716. Susannah. 19 Jan 1718. Anne. 30 Jan. 1723. John. 17 Nov. […]

Manor of Crowle
September 25, 2011

Lords of the Manor of Crowle

In mediaeval times the manor was the nucleus of English rural life. At the Norman conquest all the land in England was owned by the monarch who then granted the use of it to earls, barons, and others, in return for military service. The lord of the manor had both economic and judicial powers. Regular courts were held to uphold these rights. The courts baron, […]

History Pubs & Breweries
September 2, 2011

Crowle man sells his wife for £40

An incident that took place in 1877 in Crowle caught the attention of many newspapers and was reported far and wide. The following is quoted form a New Zealand newspaper. As can be seen from the news clips from the Times it may not have been quite such a clear cut case of  selling ones wife!   Selling- a wife.— An “extraordinary occurrence took place […]