Crays Hill Explained
| Country: | England |
| Static Image: | Crays Hill - geograph.org.uk - 72971.jpg |
| Static Image Width: | 250px |
| Static Image Caption: | Crays Hill |
| Static Image 2: | The church at Crays Hill - geograph.org.uk - 748567.jpg |
| Static Image 2 Width: | 250px |
| Static Image 2 Caption: | The church at Crays Hill |
| Official Name: | Crays Hill |
| Coordinates: | 51.602°N 0.4708°W |
| Civil Parish: | ramsden crays |
| Shire District: | Basildon |
| Shire County: | Essex |
| Region: | East of England |
| Constituency Westminster: | Billericay |
| Post Town: | BILLERICAY |
| Postcode District: | CM11 2 |
| Postcode Area: | CM |
| Dial Code: | 01268 |
| Os Grid Reference: | TQ712921 |
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
Notes and References
- Web site: Essex explorer - river crouch . 2010-01-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130131130946/http://www.essexexplorer.co.uk/rivercrouch.html . 2013-01-31 . dead .
- Web site: Crays Hill. https://archive.today/20120728132543/http://www.domesdaymap.co.uk/place/TQ7192/crays-hill/. dead. 28 July 2012. Open Domesday. Anna Powell-Smith/University of Hull. 2 October 2011.
- Web site: Ramsden Crays parish. https://archive.today/20121224161213/http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10245620&c_id=10001043. dead. 24 December 2012. Vision of Britain. University of Portsmouth. 2 October 2011.
- Web site: CRAYS HILL: You can't get rid of us that easily, say gipsies . 6 August 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090123054525/http://www.thisistotalessex.co.uk/news/CRAYS-HILL-t-rid-easily-say-gipsies/article-627861-detail/article.html . 23 January 2009 . dead .
- Web site: CRAYS HILL: You can't get rid of us that easily, say gipsies . 6 August 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090123054525/http://www.thisistotalessex.co.uk/news/CRAYS-HILL-t-rid-easily-say-gipsies/article-627861-detail/article.html . 23 January 2009 . dead .
- http://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/county_news/9312646.Dale_Farm_eviction__Live_updates/ Dale Farm eviction Live updates
