Crawley, Oxfordshire
Archaeology
There is a pair of Bronze Age bowl barrows just south of Blindwell Wood, about 1+3⁄4 miles (2.8 km) north of the village. They may date from 2400 to 1500 BC. They are a scheduled monument. The course of Akeman Street, a major Roman road, passes through the parish about 1+1⁄4 miles (2 km) north of the village. In 1964 a 13th-century medieval iron arrowhead was found in the Windrush at Crawley.
History
Uphill Farmhouse was built in the 17th century. Crawley's chapel of Saint Peter was built in 1837 as a chapel of ease for the Church of England parish church at Hailey, Oxfordshire. It has ceased to be used for worship and has been converted into a private house. Crawley village is above a sharp bend on the Windrush. The present road bridge across the river is probably late 18th-century. 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.
Amenities
Crawley has two public houses: the 17th-century Lamb Inn and the Crawley Inn.
References
- ^ "Area: Crawley (Parish): Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 4 April 2015. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
- ^ Historic England (13 November 1972). "Pair of bowl barrows immediately south of Blindwell Wood (1015212)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
- ^ Wadge 2008, pp. 15, 18.
- ^ Sherwood & Pevsner 1974, p. 559.
- ^ Historic England. "Uphill Farmhouse (Grade II) (1199893)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
- ^ "Crawley". Oxfordshire Churches & Chapels. Brian Curtis. Archived from the original on 9 December 2009.
- ^ Historic England. "Crawley Bridge, Dry Lane (Grade II) (1053483)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
- ^ Historic England. "The Lamb Inn (Grade II) (1053487)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
- ^ The Lamb Inn @ Crawley
Sources & further reading
- Sherwood, Jennifer; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1974). Oxfordshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. p. 559. ISBN 0-14-071045-0.
- Townley, Simon C. (ed.); Baggs, A.P.; Chance, Eleanor; Colvin, Christina; Cooper, Janet; Day, C.J.; Selwyn, Nesta; Williamson, Elizabeth; Yates, Margaret (2004). A History of the County of Oxford. Victoria County History. Vol. 14: Witney and its Townships: Bampton Hundred (Part Two). Woodbridge: Boydell & Brewer for the Institute of Historical Research. pp. 171–190. ISBN 978-1-90435-625-7.
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has generic name (help) - Wadge, Richard (2008). "Medieval Arrowheads from Oxfordshire" (PDF). Oxoniensia. LXXIII. Oxfordshire Architectural and Historical Society: 1–18.
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