Creslow

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Creslow (occasionally also known as Christlow) is a village in Buckinghamshire, England. It was close to Whitchurch, about six and a half miles from Aylesbury.

The village name was Anglo Saxon in origin, meaning 'cress hill'. It was recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Cærsehlaw.

The parish church of the village was demolished during the English Civil War, by the regicide Cornelius Holland, and was never replaced. ^[1]

In the Victorian era there was just one house left in the village, the manor house. This was formerly owned by the Knights Templar and, following their suppression, the Knights Hospitaller. Following the dissolution of the Monasteries it was held by the Crown, and the whole of the manor was used as pasture for the cattle of the Royal Household. It was then the property of Lord Clifford but has also now disappeared.

More recently Creslow was the site of a Foreign and Commonwealth Office/MI6 signals intelligence station, which was closed down in 1998. ^[2]

[edit] References

^ Quick, Kevin (1st January 2001). Creslow – History & Descriptions. GENUKI. Retrieved on 2006-09-15.
^ Turnbull, Alan (24th August 2006). "Secret Bases" Part 1. Pagliacci Productions Limited. Retrieved on 2006-08-30.