Crux Easton
Crux Easton is a hamlet in the Ashmansworth civil parish of Hampshire, England, about 7 miles (11 km) south of Newbury, Berkshire.
The Church of England parish church of St Michael and All Angels was built in 1775, restored in 1894 and is a Grade II* listed building.[1]
In 1870 official records showed that Crux Easton parish covered 1,099 acres (445 ha), had a population of 76, and had 17 houses.
There is a wind engine at Crux Easton that was made by John Wallis Titt in about 1892.[2]
During the Second World War, the British Union of Fascists leader Sir Oswald Mosley bought Crux Easton House, where he and his wife Diana were placed under house arrest in 1944.[3]
Geoffrey de Havilland's father was vicar of Crux Easton.
References
- ↑ "Church of St Michael". National Heritage List for England. English Heritage. 19 May 1966. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
- ↑ "Wind Engine and Former Mill House at SU 4268 5632". National Heritage List for England. English Heritage. 17 June 1991. Retrieved 29 October 2008.
- ↑ Joseph Anthony Amato, Rethinking Home: a Case for Writing Local History (2002), p. 390
Further reading
- Page, W.H., ed. (1911). A History of the County of Hampshire, Volume 4. Victoria County History. pp. 311–314.
- Pevsner, Nikolaus; Lloyd, David (1967). Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. p. 188.
External links
- "Crux Easton". GENUKI. 15 March 2012.
- Norgate, Jean; Norgate, Martin (2001). "Crux Easton". Old Hampshire Gazetteer. University of Portsmouth.
- "The History of St Michael's Church Crux Easton". The Churches of Hampshire. Southern Life (UK).
- Map sources for Crux Easton
Media related to Crux Easton at Wikimedia Commons
Coordinates: 51°18′15″N 1°23′25″W / 51.30423°N 1.39029°W