The following aerial photos were taken of Crowle in 1925.
If you have Windows XP Service Pack 2 on your computer, you may get a warning about this but it is perfectly safe to allow your machine to use it. Click on the symbols at the bottom of the large image to start zooming in and moving around.
Alternatively you can view them on their own stand alone page; http://www.crowle.org/crowle/zoomimage/photos.htm
Hi. Do you know if Bourne Chapel is on any of the photos? Thanks BrianPS Do you have anymore photos of old crowle. Am looking for a photo of Richard Glassby, Station master 1870's and 80's.
Bourne Chapel can be seen in the top 4 pictures above. It is most easily seen in in picture number 4; the one with the parish church in the centre.
If you follow the line of the church tower to the top of the photo Bourne Chapel is the large building that can be seen with the gable end and 3 1st floor arch shaped windows.
Bourne chapel, which had been in a terrible state of repair for many years, was only demolished recently.
Angus. Many thanks for pointing out Bourne Chapel. My G. Gran married Richard Glassby there in 1877. I do have a very old copy of a photo of the inside of the chapel showing the altar. I was in crowle about 18 months ago and saw the derelict building. It looked sad but clearly the site is being put to good use now.If you ever come up with a photo of Richard I should be glad to hear.I did find his head stone in the nonconformist grave yard. I shall also keep a look out on Ebay. Is the photo on the plate an old one? Thanks Brian
As far as I know, Crowle is also famous for its Stone. The Crowle Stone, originally carved as a cross shaft, is now located to the rear of the nave in the local parish church of St Oswald. Until 1919 it was used as a lintel over the West Door. The preservation of the stone is almost certainly as a result of the Norman masons reusing it when the church was built in 1150AD.The stone measures 6'11" (2.11m) in height 16" (400mm) thick and 8.5" (215mm) wide.
