Creslow
| Creslow | |
|---|---|
 The Old Chapel, Creslow, 2006 | |
  Creslow Location within Buckinghamshire | |
| Population | 22 (Mid-2010 pop est)[1] |
| OS grid reference | SP815215 |
| Civil parish |
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| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | AYLESBURY |
| Postcode district | HP22 |
| Dialling code | 01296 |
| Police | Thames Valley |
| Fire | Buckinghamshire |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| UK Parliament | |
Creslow (occasionally also known as Christlow) is a village and
civil parish within Aylesbury Vale district in Buckinghamshire, England. It is close to Whitchurch, about six and a half miles from Aylesbury. It is in the civil parish of Witchurch
.
The village name is
Anglo Saxon in origin, Cærsehlaw, meaning 'cress hill'. It was recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Cresselai.[2]
In the Victorian era and much admired then,[2] there was just one house left in the village, the manor house, which dated from the 14th century.[2] It was then the property of Lord Clifford but has also now disappeared.
The church at Creslow, which dates from the 13th century,Queen Elizabeth I[2] and the building itself was demolished during the English Civil War, by the regicide Cornelius Holland, and was never replaced.[3]
More recently Creslow was the site of a
signals intelligence station, which was closed down in 1998[4] and, now in private hands, operates as a data processing facility and fibre optic hub under the name Creslow Park
.
References
- ^ "Civil Parish population estimates in England and Wales, mid-2010". Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
- ^ Victoria History of the Counties of England, A History of the County of Buckingham: Volume 3 (1925), pp. 335-338. Date accessed: 22 April 2012
- ^ Quick, Kevin (1 January 2001). "Creslow – History & Descriptions". GENUKI. Archived from the original on 20 February 2006. Retrieved 15 September 2006.
- ^ Turnbull, Alan (24 August 2006). ""Secret Bases" Part 1". Pagliacci Productions Limited. Retrieved 30 August 2006.
External links
Media related to Creslow at Wikimedia Commons
