Crays Hill

Crays Hill

Crays Hill

The church at Crays Hill
Crays Hill

 Crays Hill shown within Essex
OS grid reference TQ712921
District Basildon
Shire county Essex
Region East
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town BILLERICAY
Postcode district CM11 2
Dialling code 01268
Police Essex
Fire Essex
Ambulance East of England
EU Parliament East of England
UK Parliament Billericay
List of places: UK • England • Essex

Crays Hill is a village in the Basildon borough of Essex, England. The local school is Crays Hill Primary School. The River Crouch passes under Church Lane.[1]

The village was listed in Domesday Book of 1086 when the Lord of the manor and tenant-in-chief was Sasselin of Layer.[2]

Crays Hill was part of the civil parish of Ramsden Crays until 1934 when it was abolished to enlarge South Hanningfield.[3]

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Dale Farm

Crays Hill is the site of Dale Farm, once the largest Irish Traveller site in Europe.[4] There has been a long-running legal battle by Basildon Council to evict the travellers who have illegally built upon green belt land.[5] The council sent in police and bailiffs on 19 October 2011 to clear the disputed section of the site.[6][7]

See also

References

  1. ^ http://www.essexexplorer.co.uk/rivercrouch.html
  2. ^ "Crays Hill". Open Domesday. Anna Powell-Smith/University of Hull. http://www.domesdaymap.co.uk/place/TQ7192/crays-hill/. Retrieved 2 October 2011. 
  3. ^ "Ramsden Crays parish". Vision of Britain. University of Portsmouth. http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10245620&c_id=10001043. Retrieved 2 October 2011. 
  4. ^ http://www.thisistotalessex.co.uk/news/CRAYS-HILL-t-rid-easily-say-gipsies/article-627861-detail/article.html
  5. ^ http://www.thisistotalessex.co.uk/news/CRAYS-HILL-t-rid-easily-say-gipsies/article-627861-detail/article.html
  6. ^ [1]
  7. ^ Dale Farm eviction Live updates

External links

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