Crays Hill

Crays Hill is a village in the Basildon borough of Essex, England. The River Crouch passes under Church Lane.[1]

Crays Hill

Crays Hill

The church at Crays Hill
Crays Hill
Location within Essex
OS grid referenceTQ712921
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBILLERICAY
Postcode districtCM11 2
Dialling code01268
PoliceEssex
FireEssex
AmbulanceEast of England
UK Parliament

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

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 31 January 2013. Retrieved 2 January 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Crays Hill". Open Domesday. Anna Powell-Smith/University of Hull. Archived from the original on 28 July 2012. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
  3. "Ramsden Crays parish". Vision of Britain. University of Portsmouth. Archived from the original on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 23 January 2009. Retrieved 6 August 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 23 January 2009. Retrieved 6 August 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. Dale Farm eviction Live updates Archived 2011-10-24 at Archive.today

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