Mapletons is a thatched cottage set back from the road of Crawley End on the right hand side when heading north of the village. Unusally for the village this cottage faces west. Most of the old cottages faced south to catch the sun but Mapletons is next to a small...
For nearly three hundred years Chrishall had it’s own windmill*. It stood next to Mill House on Mill Causeway and was a post mill, probably very similar to Chishill Mill. The mill was made of wood and could be turned around a main central post so that the sails were...
Alfred Brand lived at Peacock Cottage in Crawley End Chrishall. We don't know where the above photograph was taken - whether it was in Peacock Cottage garden or at an allotment. At the time Alfred Brand lived there, there would have been allotments just over the road...
1830 Wheat 64s 3d per quarter. A changeable summer. Accounts of the harvest vary, some recording a good harvest and some estimating it as less than average. Blizzards in mid-January and severe frosts in February, March was fine, warm and excellent for sowing. July was...
The following house names and place names are listed alphabetically. The list is still being compiled and is not yet complete. Notes are intended to direct the visitor or delivery person. This page can be accessed by the visitor or can be printed off and faxed to...
Geoff & Phyllis Brooks came to Crawley End in 1964 and left in 1976 when they moved to the Yorkshire dales. The cottage referred to below is the right hand end of Mapletons, and is where Lil and Tubal Flack lived before moving to Pinkeneys, the bungalows in...
(Geoff & Phyllis Brooks came to Crawley End in 1964 and left in 1976 when they moved to the Yorkshire dales. The cottage referred to below is the right hand end of Mapletons, Crawley End). Copyright G G Brooks 1993 - Chrishall 4 - Lil and Tubal Flack The old...
Search all of Chrishall Village History website:
