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.
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 […]
Dietary Supplements. All the lads were at it. I firstly with my cockerels and two year old hens. We all were after rabbits and woodpigeons, which the farmers regarded as pests. Rabbits at first without much success trying to use snares. Then my father bought me a Webley air rifle for a birthday present. My rabbit total suddenly shot up. At eight years old I […]