Crowle

Other current and historical names

Crohlea
Croelai

Parish/Community: Crowle
District/Borough: Wychavon
County: Worcestershire
Region: West Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Other Settlement

Latitude/Longitude: 52°12'24"N 2°6'40"W
Eastings/Northings: 392500, 256500
OS Grid: SO925565
Mapcode Local: GBR 2HF.M2F
Mapcode Global: VH92P.CS8Q

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Crowle within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Crowle in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Crowle, par., in co. and 5 m. NE. of Worcester, 1640 ac., pop. 529; P.O.

Crowle in the Domesday Book

A village in Ash hundred, in the county of Worcestershire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Bishop of Worcester St Mary
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Sigmund the Dane
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Worcester
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Odo (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 5 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1066; £3 10/- in 1086
- Households: 7 villagers; 3 smallholders; 4 slaves; 1 female slave
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 4 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 16 acres
- Woodland: ¹⁄₂ in Forest
- Mills: 1, value 2 shillings
- Other resources: 1 salthouse
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Ketilbert of Crowle
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Osbern son of Richard
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Urso of Abetot (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 5 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £2 in 1086
- Households: 3 smallholders; 2 cottagers; 3 slaves; 3 female slaves; 1 female slave
- Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₂ lord's ploughs; ¹⁄₂ men's plough (5 plough lands)
- Woodland: ¹⁄₂ league
- Other resources: 2 salthouses

British Place Names

Crowle, Worcestershire

Crowle is a settlement in Worcestershire

Crowle in historic gazetteers

Crowle in the Domesday Book