Crays Hill
Crays Hill
The church at Crays Hill
Crays Hill is located in Essex
Crays Hill
Crays Hill
Location within Essex
OS grid referenceTQ712921
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBILLERICAY
Postcode districtCM11 2
Dialling code01268
PoliceEssex
FireEssex
AmbulanceEast of England
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51°36′07″N 0°28′15″E / 51.602°N 0.4708°E / 51.602; 0.4708

Crays Hill is a village in the Basildon borough of Essex, England. 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]

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]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Essex explorer - river crouch". Archived from the original on 31 January 2013. Retrieved 2 January 2010.
  2. ^ "Crays Hill". Open Domesday. Anna Powell-Smith/University of Hull. Archived from the original on 28 July 2012. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
  3. ^ "Ramsden Crays parish". Vision of Britain. University of Portsmouth. Archived from the original on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
  4. ^ "CRAYS HILL: You can't get rid of us that easily, say gipsies". Archived from the original on 23 January 2009. Retrieved 6 August 2009.
  5. ^ "CRAYS HILL: You can't get rid of us that easily, say gipsies". Archived from the original on 23 January 2009. Retrieved 6 August 2009.
  6. ^ Dale Farm eviction Live updates Archived 2011-10-24 at archive.today

External links

Media related to Crays Hill at Wikimedia Commons


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