Crawley, Oxfordshire

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Crawley
Oxfordshire

Crawley
Location
Grid reference: SP340120
Location: 51°48’22"N, 1°30’25"W
Data
Population: 155  (2011)
Post town: Witney
Postcode: OX29
Dialling code: 01993
Local Government
Council: West Oxfordshire
Parliamentary
constituency:
Witney
Website: crawleyvillage.org.uk

Crawley is a little village standing above a sharp bend on the River Windrush in Oxfordshire, about two and a half miles north of Witney, which stands downstream. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 155.

Crawley has two public houses: the 17th-century Lamb Inn,[1][2] and the Crawley Inn.

Archaeology

A pair of Bronze Age bowl barrows may be seen just south of Blindwell Wood, a mile and three-quarters north of the village, which may date from 2400 to 1500 BC. They are a scheduled monument.[3] The course of Akeman Street, a major Roman road, passes through the parish about a quarter of a mile to the north of the village. In 1964 a 13th-century mediæval iron arrowhead was found in the Windrush at Crawley.[4]

History

Uphill Farmhouse was built in the 17th century.[5][6] Crawley's chapel of St Peter was built in 1837 as a chapel of ease for the Church of England parish church at Hailey.[5] It has ceased to be used for worship and has been converted into a private house.[7]

The present road bridge across the Windrush here is probably of the late 18th-century.[8]

Crawley Mill on the Windrush was part of the Witney area's former blanket-making industry. It has a mill stream and was originally water-powered but was later converted to steam power. It is now an industrial estate.

Outside links

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about Crawley, Oxfordshire)

References

  1. The Lamb Inn @ Crawley
  2. National Heritage List 1053487: The Lamb Inn (Grade II listing)
  3. National Heritage List 1015212: Pair of bowl barrows immediately south of Blindwell Wood (Scheduled ancient monument entry)
  4. Wadge 2008, pp. 15, 18.
  5. 5.0 5.1 Sherwood & Pevsner 1974, p. 559.
  6. National Heritage List 1199893: Uphill Farmhouse (Grade II listing)
  7. "Crawley". Oxfordshire Churches & Chapels. Brian Curtis. http://www.oxfordshirechurches.info/Crawley.html. 
  8. National Heritage List 1053483: Crawley Bridge, Dry Lane (Grade II listing)