Category: History

January 1, 1970

Axholme in 1835

Originally published in ‘The Penny Magazine’ by The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. Axholme in 1835 AXHOLME, or AXHOLM, ISLE OF, a river-island in the county of Lincoln. It is bounded on the eastern side by the Trent, and on the northern and north-western sides by the old river Don, which flowed by Crowle, Luddington, and Garthorpe, into the Trent, and formed in […]

January 1, 1970

Memories of an air gunner

Based at Sandtoft airfield this gunner remembers cycling into Crowle and Belton. In Crowle he was befriended by Pidds the Butchers. http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/stories/91/a4104091.shtml

January 1, 1970

The Place and River Names of West Lindsey

Crowle (British) 836 Croglea (Crowle, Worcesters.) : Birch (1) 583 871 Crogdene (now Croydon) : Birch (2) 146 1086 Crul Crule 31 fisheries : D. B., 82, 192-3 1130 Croilanda Abbas de Pipe, 84 1158-9 Croil . Pipe (1884) 65 1190 Crueil, Homines de. Crocil . Pipe (1) 86. 101 1202 Cruilland marisc Croilland . Oblata. 175, 183 1208 Cruil Rad de ‘ Plac., 67 […]

January 1, 1970

Evacuee – submitted by Colin Stewart

Hello to all. Can anyone help. I was evacuated to Crowle in the 1940's but have no details. From what I remember it was a House with Orchard on a corner plot. I have some very happy memories of it My Name (surname was Bugg) Now Stewart – Colin Harold Stewart(Full Christian names. Mother was Gertrude and Father was Harold. I must have been from […]

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 […]

January 1, 1970

Hatfield Chase Corporation

http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/mss/collections/water/collections/hatfield-chase.phtml Hatfield Chase Corporation, 1538-1973 (HCC and R/HCC) * History o Origins, 1626-1629 o Unrest in the 17th-18th centuries o Improvements up to 1862 o The Hatfield Chase Corporation, 1862-1941 o History of the authority after 1941 * Records History Origins, 1626-1629 The Hatfield Chase Corporation was an independent drainage authority covering parts of South Yorkshire, North Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire. The origins of the Corporation […]

January 1, 1970

1961 in Crowle submitted by Alan Turner

In 1961 when I was serving in the RAF,I met a very nice girl named Anita Thompson at Bridlington.She lived with her parents at Crowle.Her father owned a farm and other businesses.He was a member of the Oddfellows club in Crowle.Some weeks after I met Anita,I was posted to Hong Kong and after a few letters,we lost touch. Does anyone know if she still lives […]

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 […]

January 1, 1970

Crowle Charities

Crowle. Thomas Walkwood, 1692, surrendered five acres and 20 perches of land, lying in Ealand and Crowle field, with a messuage wherein he dwelt, with orchards, stables and building in Crowle North End to the minister and church wardens for the use of the poor for ever. Also 2 acres, 1 rood and 20 perches in Crowle field, the yearly rent for the teaching and […]