Category: History

History
January 1, 1970

Duck Decoys on Crowle Moor

  In the “History and Topography of the Isle of Axholme”, by the Rev. W. B. Stonehouse, M.A., written in 1839, p. 422, the author remarks :-   “A small Decoy yet lingers on part of the common (parish of Crowle), where wildfowl are occasionally taken, just sufficient to remind the modern sportsman what a diversion the ancient fowler found in these extensive and wild […]

Historic Directories
January 1, 1970

Directory: Whites Gazeteer and directory of Lincolnshire 1842

CROWLE, a small market-town near the channel of the old river Don, 6 miles N.of Epworth, and 17 miles N. by W. of Gainsbro', increased its habitants from 1889, in 1831, to 2235 souls, in 1841, and has in its township about 6000 acres of land, including the hamlet of Ealand, 1 mile S.E.; Crowle Wharf, on the Stainforth and Keadby canal 1. 1/4 mile […]

Bill Goldthorp World War 2
January 1, 1970

Crowle at War: Part 9. Preserving, Newspapers, – submitted by Bill Goldthorp

Preserving. One could use the sugar ration and occasionally get extra sugar for preserving. My father’s orchard contained a Conference pear and another type of pear tree, Victoria and Damson plums. Green gage plums could be bought from the Ramsdens who owned the Tetley Hall Estate. Every autumn my parents put up about a hundred bottles of fruit in the old Kilner Jars. Damsons were […]

History
January 1, 1970

Armstrong’s Crowle Journal 1842-1844

In 1986 Crowle Parochial Council published a booket by David eave of the University of Hull about Armstrong's Crowle Journal. Benjamin Armstrong was vicar in Crowle from 1842 to 1844. His account of Crowle gives an interesting insight to Crowle in the early 19th century.

Historic Directories
January 1, 1970

Directory: Lewis, A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

Crowle (St. Oswald) CROWLE (St. Oswald), a parish, and formerly a market-town, in the union of Thorne, W. division of the wapentake of Manley, parts of Lindsey, county of Lincoln, 35 miles (N. N. W.) from Lincoln, and 164 (N. by W.) from London; containing, with the chapelry of Eastoft and hamlet of Ealand, 2544 inhabitants. The town is situated at the north-western extremity of […]

History
January 1, 1970

History of Crowle from Wikipedia

Crowle is a small town on the Isle of Axholme in North Lincolnshire, England. It lies on the Stainforth and Keadby Canal and has a railway station. Notable buildings in the town include the parish church, in which can be seen the Crowle Stone runic cross shaft, and the Gothic revival market hall. Crowle was one of the last largest pieces of dry land on […]

Historic Directories
January 1, 1970

19th Century Directories of Crowle

This is an Index of Crowle residents and businesses listed in 19th Century Drectories. I have sorted the names alphabetically to help in identifying which directories a prticular person appears in. A B – Broth Brown – Butl C – Cou Cow – Cuth D E F G H I – J K L M N – O Pac – Post Potts – Pyc Q […]

Crowle memories History
January 1, 1970

Early cinema in the Isle of Axholme – Colin Lovelace

Early cinema in the Isle of Axholme Colin Lovelace My grandfather, John Lovelace, had a cinema in Crowle near Scunthorpe in Lincolnshire, called the ‘Palais de Luxe’ at the Market Hall, shortly before the First World War and opened several more in neighbouring villages like at Epworth (from September 23rd) at the outbreak of war. He ran these until about 1922 when he either sold […]