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Creswell is a small village on the north-western edge of
A 1428 inquisition stated that the parishioners of Creswell buried their dead in the graveyard of the Church of Saint Bertelin in Stafford, since no burials are recorded at Creswell Chapel.
On 4 July 2007, the 63rd anniversary of Perrin's death, a monolithic stone memorial was erected at the crash site to commemorate him. A joint Anglo-American dedication service was held that day with representatives of the Perrin family, the U.S. Air Force, the American Embassy, and local officials attending.
Creswell is a small village on the north-western edge of Stafford
Stafford () is a market town and the county town of Staffordshire, England. It is located about south of Stoke-on-Trent, north of Wolverhampton, and northwest of Birmingham. The town had a population of 71,673 at the 2021–2022 United Kingd ...
, the county town of Staffordshire, England situated on elevated ground above the wide floodplain and extensive marshes of the River Sow
The River Sow is a tributary of the River Trent in Staffordshire, England, and is the river that flows through Stafford.
Course
The river rises to the south of Loggerheads, Staffordshire, Loggerheads, near Broughton Hall, Staffordshire, Brough ...
. Population details taken at the 2011 census can be found under Seighford.
The village, just to the west of the M6 motorway
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(junction 14), has a population of a few hundred. The parish boundary also incorporates the Primepoint business park on the other side of the motorway. The village lies close to Doxey Marshes.
The name Creswell is thought to come from Old English
Old English ( or , or ), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the Early Middle Ages. It developed from the languages brought to Great Britain by Anglo-S ...
Cærsewella referring to the plant watercress (cærse in Old English
Old English ( or , or ), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the Early Middle Ages. It developed from the languages brought to Great Britain by Anglo-S ...
and wella meaning spring or stream), meaning 'the spring where watercress grows.' A Neolithic
The Neolithic or New Stone Age (from Ancient Greek, Greek 'new' and 'stone') is an archaeological period, the final division of the Stone Age in Mesopotamia, Asia, Europe and Africa (c. 10,000 BCE to c. 2,000 BCE). It saw the Neolithic Revo ...
polished stone axehead was found in a garden in Creswell in 1960, and about a quarter of a mile to the north-west are the ruins of an ancient chapel, or meeting house.
Creswell Chapel
Most of the recorded history of the village centres on CreswellChapel of Ease
A chapel of ease (or chapel-of-ease) is a church architecture, church building other than the parish church, built within the bounds of a parish for the attendance of those who cannot reach the parish church conveniently, generally due to trav ...
. The chapel is a partial ruin standing in fields to the northwest of the village proper. It had been in former times a subsidiary chapel of the Royal Free Chapel of St. Mary
Mary was a first-century Jewish woman of Nazareth, the wife of Saint Joseph, Joseph and the mother of Jesus. She is an important figure of Christianity, venerated under titles of Mary, mother of Jesus, various titles such as Perpetual virginity ...
in Stafford
Stafford () is a market town and the county town of Staffordshire, England. It is located about south of Stoke-on-Trent, north of Wolverhampton, and northwest of Birmingham. The town had a population of 71,673 at the 2021–2022 United Kingd ...
since 1346. Only the two adjoining north and east walls of the chancel survive, the north window having Early English narrow lancet windows which are typical of the 13th century, while the east wall displays features typical of the 15th century.
A 1428 inquisition stated that the parishioners of Creswell buried their dead in the graveyard of the Church of Saint Bertelin in Stafford, since no burials are recorded at Creswell Chapel.
Wartime air crash
On 4 July 1944 aUnited States Army Air Forces
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P-51 Mustang
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aircraft crashed into a Creswell Home Farm wheatfield, killing the pilot, Captain John Pershing Perrin.
On 4 July 2007, the 63rd anniversary of Perrin's death, a monolithic stone memorial was erected at the crash site to commemorate him. A joint Anglo-American dedication service was held that day with representatives of the Perrin family, the U.S. Air Force, the American Embassy, and local officials attending.
See also
* Listed buildings in Creswell, StaffordshireReferences
External links
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