By Bill Goldthorp Peat stacks on Crowle moors. 1936. Circa 1910. Mr. Tune and gang cutting peat on Crowle Moors. Cutting peat for fuel on Crowle moors, has been going on for several centuries. If you read the old documents, there are several accounts of bodies being found, which of course rapidly decayed. These are … Read more
From Read's History of the Isle of Axholme. 1858. THE MANOR Was given at the Conquest to Geoffrey de Wirce. He held it but for a short time, but during that time he made a grant of an hundredum of land to the Abbey of St. Germains, which was founded by King William the Conqueror, … Read more
TRANSPORT. In 1939 very few people from Crowle worked at the steel works. There was no workmen’s bus; you had to have your own transport. My father had the Morris equivalent of The Austin 7. He was allowed a petrol ration to go to work and continue his agency supplying oil and grease to the … Read more
The Crowle of my Boyhood 2. The Senior School was the larger building to the rear, 8 to 14 years of age. Those who came from a distance ate their packed lunches from trestle tables in the central corridor, which I did on occasion when my mother was staying with her family at Eastoft. The … Read more
The original of this article may be found here http://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/upload/public/attachments/551/REPORT4.pdf MANOR OF CROWLE Descent of the manor A very brief account of the records of this manor deposited by Messrs. Tallents and Co. of Newark was given in the Archivists’ Report, 1952, pp. 56-7. The chests of documents referred to therein have now been examined … Read more
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 . … Read more
Every body had a bicycle, even my mother. Wicks the Cycle shop sometimes had a new one but many second hand plus numerous spare parts. Inner tubes and tyres could be ordered probably with the area being rural the authorities were more generous with cycle parts than in the towns. Garages, barns, old farm buildings … Read more
I am proud to admit being a 50% Gervi by inheritance and a born and bred Gervi until the age of 18 when I went to University. At this time immigrants into the Isle were rare. It probably accounts for my bizarre sense of humour which is constantly getting me into trouble. So here goes … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more