Creslow
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Creslow (occasionally also known as Christlow) is an extinct village in Buckinghamshire, England. It was located close to Whitchurch, about six and a half miles from Aylesbury.
The village name was Anglo Saxon in origin, meaning 'cress hill'. It was recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Cærsehlaw.
The parish church of the village was demolished during the English Civil War, and was never replaced.
In the Victorian era there was just one house left in the village, the manor house. This was formerly owned by the Knights Templar and, following their suppression, the Knights Hospitaller. Following the dissolution of the Monasteries it was held by the Crown, and the whole of the manor was used as pasture for the cattle of the Royal Household. It was then the property of Lord Clifford but has also now disappeared.
External Links
- Photograph of the Manor House (http://viewfinder.english-heritage.org.uk/search/detail.asp?calledFrom=oai&imageUID=52713)