Crays Hill

Crays Hill
Crays Hill
The church at Crays Hill
Crays Hill Location within Essex
OS grid reference	TQ712921
Civil parish	ramsden crays
District	Basildon
Shire county	Essex
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	BILLERICAY
Postcode district	CM11 2
Dialling code	01268
Police	Essex
Fire	Essex
Ambulance	East of England
UK Parliament	Billericay
List of places UK England Essex 51°36′07″N0°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

• Dale Farm

References

1. "Essex explorer - river crouch". Archived from the original on 31 January 2013. Retrieved 2 January 2010.
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. "CRAYS HILL: You can't get rid of us that easily, say gipsies". Archived from the original on 23 January 2009. Retrieved 6 August 2009.
5. "CRAYS HILL: You can't get rid of us that easily, say gipsies". Archived from the original on 23 January 2009. Retrieved 6 August 2009.
6. Dale Farm eviction Live updates Archived 2011-10-24 at archive.today

External links

Media related to Crays Hill at Wikimedia Commons