January 2, 2026
Axholme Before Vermuyden – The Land and Its Lords – Manor of Crowle
Manor of Crowle The Domesday Record At the time of the Conquest, Crowle was the most populous and valuable manor in the Isle of Axholme. The Domesday Book recorded impressive resources: fifteen villagers and nineteen bordars working seven ploughs, thirty-one fisheries valued at thirty-one shillings, thirty acres of meadow, and woodland and pasture measuring one mile in each direction. The...