Category: History

History
April 14, 2012

Pre-Enclosure Field Names in Crowle and Ealand

High Breaking Whong and Caugars are but two of the names given to areas of land in the Manorial Plan and Survey of 1738. The 1738 Manorial Plan and Survey give an excellent insight into the fields at Crowle pre-enclosure. The open field system had been the method of farming since medieval times. The large open fields were split up into strip which were farmed […]

Manor of Crowle
April 9, 2012

An Account of the Stints of Croul Commons

Fromw the survey of Crowle Manor 1738 – Lincoln Archives CM 8/12 An Account of the Stints of Croul Commons The Yorkshire Common, North End Common, Marsh Common, Nuthill Common, are those which are called the Cow Commons or Stinted Commons and are stocked by the several persons that inhabit the Common Right Houses, which are Explained in the forgoing survey. Notwithstanding many of the […]

Manor of Crowle
April 9, 2012

The bounder of the whole Lordship of Croule

From the Manorial Survey 1738 – Lincoln Archives CM 8/12 Extracted from the survey taken for the Citizens of London then owners of the Lordship, Michaelmas 1629 The bounder of the whole Lordship of Croule Beginning at Durtness Wash and down Callen Dyke to the Ellers in Star Car, From the Ellers in Star Car to the Hurst Sike, From the Hurst Sike to the […]

Manor of Crowle
March 15, 2012

Extract of the grant of Crowle Manor to the Earl of Kingston, 14th Nov 1634

Transcribed from a loose sheet at the front of the 1738 Survey of the Manor of Crowle at Lincoln Archives Catalogue reference  CM/8/12 Extract of the grant of Crowle Manor to the Earl of Kingston, 14th Nov 1634 All that the Manor of Crowle in the sayd County of Lincolne with all and singular the rights members and appurtaeynances thereof. And all Lands Tenements Rents […]

History
March 10, 2012

The Stovin Manuscript

http://www.archive.org/stream/yorkshirearchae16socigoog#page/n9/mode/2up The Yorkshire Arcaeological and Topographical Journal VOL. VII. 1882 THE STOVIN MANUSCRIPT. Communicated by CHARLES JACKSON, Doncaster. George Stovin, the writer of the manuscript of which the following notices are presented in these pages, was the eldest son of James Stovin, esq., of Tetley, in the parish of Crowle, in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, and was born about 1695 or 1696. Before the death of his father in 1735, […]

History
March 9, 2012

A Letter from Mr. G. Stovin to his Son concerning the Body of a Woman, and an antique Shoe, found in a Morass in the Isle of Axholme in Lincolnshire.

http://rstl.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/44/478-484/571.full.pdf+html Phil. Trans. 1746-1747 44, 571-575 (January 1, 1753)   THE Beginning of June laft, a labouring Man, of Amcotts in the Isle ofAxholme, in the County of Lincoln was digging Turf or Peat in the Moors of Amcotts and, at about six Foot from the Surface, his Spade cut the Toe of a Sandal, which dropped into the pit he was graveing Peat in […]

History
February 17, 2012

Shops and services in Crowle 1966

Shops and services in Crowle 1966 Axe A – Grocer, Sweets Axe E – Grocer, Sweets, General Baxter – Sweets, Tabaconists, Fancy Goods Boniface – Grocer, Sweets Chafer – Hardware, Ironmongery Couch – Grocer Coultard – Florist, Vegetables Dyson – Draper Ellis – Newsagents, Sweets, Toys, Fancy Goods Fishwick – Household Goods Hague – Sweets, Tobacconists Jackson – Grocer, Fruiterer, Sweets Kelsey – Footwear Marshall […]

Historic Directories
February 5, 2012

Historic Directories of Crowle

This database contains more than 3000 entries from approximately 11 directories – The earliest is dated 1828. I hope to add to this over time as I get copies of more directories. The links below the directory names go to PDF scans of the pages relevant to Crowle. Year Directory  Number of Entries 1828 Pigot & Co. National Commercial Directory Pigot1828-Crowle 85 1835 Pigot & […]

History House History Roads
January 14, 2012

Windsor

Windsor is a small hamlet within Crowle, just off Windsor Lane. It is the derivation for the names of Windsor Road, Windsor Crescent and Windsor Lane itself. Before the construction of the houses on Windsor Road it was quite a distinct settlement from Crowle itself.   The small hamlet of Windsor is within the plot of land numbered 219 in the 1822 Enclosures Act Award […]

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 […]