Crudwell
| Crudwell | |
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 Footbridge near the A429 |
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 Crudwell
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| Crudwell shown within Wiltshire | |
| Population | 1,057 (in 2011) |
| OS grid reference | ST953928 |
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| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Malmesbury |
| Postcode district | SN16 |
| Dialling code | 01666 |
| Police | Wiltshire |
| Fire | Dorset and Wiltshire |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| EU Parliament | South West England |
| UK Parliament | |
| Website | Parish Council |
Crudwell is a village and civil parish in north Wiltshire, England. Its nearest town is Malmesbury, about 6 miles (9.7 km) to the southwest. To the northeast approximately 7 miles (11 km) is Cirencester in Gloucestershire. Also to the northeast is Cotswold Airport (formerly Kemble Airfield) and in Kemble village (approx 2 miles (3.2 km)) is the nearest railway station with mainline services to London Paddington.
The village lies on the A429, which links Cirencester and Malmesbury. This route south to Malmesbury was built in 1778; previously Malmesbury was reached via either the Fosse Way (a Roman road), or the road through Murcott and Hankerton.
The parish includes the hamlets of Chedglow, Chelworth, Eastcourt, Murcott and West Crudwell. The Fosse Way forms part of the parish and county boundary. The population of the parish changed little between 1831 and 1951, increasing from 604 to 618.
The Domesday Book of 1086 recorded a large population of 107 households at Crudwell, and smaller settlements at Chelworth and Chedglow. Most of the parish was part of Malmesbury Abbey's Brokenborough estate; in the 13th century the abbey had a farmstead with a fishpond and a chapel. A large barn still stands to the south of All Saints' church, probably dating from the 15th century and now Grade II* listed.
Manor Farm, east of the church, is probably 17th-century with additions in the 18th. The former rectory, now a hotel, is from the early 18th century, altered in the late 19th.
A school was founded at Crudwell in the 17th century by Lord Lucas, and the schoolroom and schoolhouse of 1670 survive in residential use, southwest of the church. A new school was built in 1857, alongside the older buildings, and became a National School, then in 1949 a voluntary controlled school. A small school at Eastcourt opened c. 1858 and became a National School; it closed in 1923 owing to falling pupil numbers.
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