Crux Easton, Hampshire
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Crux Easton is a village and former
civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...
, now in the parish of
Ashmansworth Ashmansworth is a village and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Basingstoke and Deane district of the English county of Hampshire. The village is about northeast of the town of Andover, Hampshire, Andover. The parish population at ...
, in the
Basingstoke and Deane Basingstoke and Deane is a local government district with borough status in Hampshire, England. The main town is Basingstoke, where the council is based. The district also includes the towns of Tadley and Whitchurch, along with numerous vil ...
district of
Hampshire Hampshire (, ; abbreviated to Hants.) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Berkshire to the north, Surrey and West Sussex to the east, the Isle of Wight across the Solent to the south, ...
, England, about south of
Newbury, Berkshire Newbury is a market town in West Berkshire, England, in the valley of the River Kennet. It is south of Oxford, north of Winchester, southeast of Swindon and west of Reading, Berkshire, Reading. It is also where West Berkshire Council is hea ...
. In 1931, the parish had a population of 63.


History

The
Church of England parish church A parish church in the Church of England is the church which acts as the religious centre for the people within each Church of England parish (the smallest and most basic Church of England administrative unit; since the 19th century sometimes ...
of St Michael and All Angels was built in 1775, restored in 1894 and is a
Grade II* listed building In the United Kingdom, a listed building is a structure of particular architectural or historic interest deserving of special protection. Such buildings are placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Hi ...
. In 1870 official records showed that Crux Easton parish covered , had a population of 76, and had 17 houses. There is a wind engine at Crux Easton that was made by
John Wallis Titt John Wallis Titt (1841–1910) was a late nineteenth-century English mechanical engineer and builder of a particular design of large wind engine. Early life Titt was born in 1841 at Chitterne, Wiltshire to John Titt and Eliza Titt (''née'' Wa ...
in about 1892. During the Second World War, the
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leader
Sir Oswald Mosley Sir Oswald Ernald Mosley, 6th Baronet (16 November 1896 – 3 December 1980), was a British aristocrat and politician who rose to fame during the 1920s and 1930s when he, having become disillusioned with mainstream politics, turned to fascism. ...
bought Crux Easton House, where he and his wife
Diana Diana most commonly refers to: * Diana (name), given name (including a list of people with the name) * Diana (mythology), ancient Roman goddess of the hunt and wild animals; later associated with the Moon * Diana, Princess of Wales (1961–1997), ...
were placed under
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in 1944.
Geoffrey de Havilland Captain (British Army and Royal Marines), Captain Sir Geoffrey de Havilland, (27 July 1882 – 21 May 1965) was an English aviation pioneer and aerospace engineer. De Havilland, The aircraft company he founded produced the de Havilland Mosquit ...
's father was vicar of Crux Easton. On 1 April 1932 the parish was abolished and merged with Ashmansworth.


Thomas Croc

A grant 216-1272of corn was made by Thomas Croc
roch Roch (lived c. 1348 – 15/16 August 1376/79; traditionally c. 1295 – 16 August 1327), also called Rock in English, was a Majorcan Catholic confessor whose death is commemorated on 16 August and 9 September in Italy; he was especially invoke ...
dead by 1230) to the Canons of the Church of Saint John the Baptist,
Sandleford Sandleford is a hamlet (place), hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Greenham, in the West Berkshire district, in the ceremonial county of Berkshire, England. It is located approximately south of the town of Newbury, Berkshire, ...
of three quarters de meliori frumento he better cornannually in his town and manor of Estun. Witnesses: Sir Henry de Wodecote Woodcott ">Upper_Woodcott.html" ;"title="Upper Woodcott">Woodcott John Lanceleuee, Robert Lord de Vrleston, William de Edmundestrop, Richard de Quercu, Bartholomew Croc, Vrlestun, son of Ranuld de Vndecote and Richard Croc.SGC XV.54.19, (assumed by them there in error to be Aston Rowant, Oxfordshire).


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