Crudwell
"CRUDWELL, a parish in the hundred of Malmesbury, in the county of Wilts, 4 miles N. of Malmesbury, its post town, and 4 from the Tetbury Road railway station. It is situated near the old Fosse Way to Cirencester, and contains the hamlets of Chelworth, Eastcourt, Chedglow, and Murcott. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol, value £487, in the patronage of the Rev. W. Maskelyne. The church, dedicated to All Saints, is an ancient structure in the early English style of architecture, and contains several monuments and a stained glass window. The charities amount to £36 per annum. There is a National school, with a small endowment. Earl de Grey is lord of the manor. The village is a meet for the Vale of White Horse hounds."[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
Cemeteries
- All Saints, -, Church of England
Church Records
- All Saints, -, Church of England
- St Johns Chapel, Eastcourt, Other
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Indexes and registers of the parish church of Crudwell, All Saints:
- WSRO registers: Chr 1659-1897, Mar 1662-1959, Bur 1659-1889
- Phillimore Marriages 1662-1837 (vol 3)
- Wiltshire Index Service Burials 1800-1837
Gazetteers
- A transcription of the section for Crudwell from
the National Gazetteer (1868).
- The entry for Crudwell from
A Vision of Britain through time.
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History
- The entry for Crudwell from British History Online.
Maps
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Population
Population was 604 in 1831, 618 in 1951.