Crays Hill Explained

Country:England
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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

  1. 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 .
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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 .
  5. 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 .
  6. http://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/county_news/9312646.Dale_Farm_eviction__Live_updates/ Dale Farm eviction Live updates