In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Crudwell like this:
CRUDWELL, a parish in Malmsbury district, Wilts; near the Roman road to Cirencester, 4 miles WNW of Minety r. station, and 4 N by E of Malmsbury. It includes the hamlets of Chedglow, Chelworth, Eastcourt, and Murcott: and has a post office under Tetbury. Acres, 4, 780. Real property, £7, 258. Pop., 799. Houses, 152. The property is divided among a few. The parish is a meet for the Vale of White Horse hounds. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £487.* Patron, the Rev...
. W. Maskelyne. The church has Norman portions, and is good. A school has £16 from endowment; and other charities £20.
Crudwell through time
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