Isle of Axholme Railway Farewell Tour 1965
Submitted by Avril Clarke (Turner). Souvenir Notes from the Isle of Axholme Railway Farewell Tour 1st April 1965. Axholme Farewell Rail Tour Photo from Ray Goldthorpe
Crowle Gas Works
Crowle Gas Works Based on information supplied by Avril Clarke (Turner) The gas works was situated on the corner of Windsor Road and Marsh Road (the extension of Cross Street). The site is now covered by a new building – Windsor Lodge. It was established in 1854 with a capital of…
150 Years Ago – January 1863
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…
With Grateful Thanks to Sir Cornelius Vermuyden and Charles 1st
By Bill Goldthorp England we think is a malaria free zone and the vector the anopheles mosquito does not breed here. Not so, Mr. Ross Kendall of the Archaeology Department of Durham University for his PH.D Thesis is proving that skeletal remains from Roman, Anglo- Saxon and early medieval periods show signs of suffering…
Crowle 1630
In 1628 the Manor of Crowle and number of other Manors were conveyed to the City of London by Charles I in satisfaction of two loans made to him by the Corporation, This was known as the Ditchfield grant. The following is the survey of Crowle carried out for the City of London Corporation by Robert…
Crowle & Thorne Moors Map – Natural England
The Bounders of Crowle Manor – 1607 – John Carney
The Bounders of Crowle Manor Today more and more people are riding walking and even running round the boundaries of the parish a practice that was required by Statute The common law right of parishioners to preamble their Parish Boundary raises the presumption that such use is by the public The Below is…
Crowle Posters
Crowle & Thorne Moors Peat Railway Society
Crowle and Thorne Moors Peat Railway Society For further information visit our website (http://peatland.co.uk) , email angus@townley.com or phone Mel Bailey on 01724 710504.