Crays Hill

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Crays Hill
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Crays Hill
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The church at Crays Hill
Crays Hill is located in Essex
Crays Hill
Crays Hill
Location within Essex
OS grid referenceTQ712921
Civil parish
District
  • Basildon
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBILLERICAY
Postcode districtCM11 2
Dialling code01268
PoliceEssex
FireEssex
AmbulanceEast of England
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Essex
51°36′07″N 0°28′15″E / 51.602°N 0.4708°E / 51.602; 0.4708Coordinates: 51°36′07″N 0°28′15″E / 51.602°N 0.4708°E / 51.602; 0.4708

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[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 31 January 2013. Retrieved 2 January 2010.{{cite web}}: 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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 23 January 2009. Retrieved 6 August 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ^ Dale Farm eviction Live updates Archived 2011-10-24 at archive.today

External links[]

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