CROWLE, a parish (formerly a market-town) in the western division of the wapentake of MANLEY, parts of LINDSEY, county of LINCOLN, 35 miles (N.N.W.) from Lincoln, and 164 (N. by W.) from London, containing 1729 inhabitants, and, including the chapelry of East Toft, 1961. The town is situated in the northwest extremity of the Isle of Axholme, near the river Don, and withia a mile of the Stainforth and Keadby canal, which passes it on the north. The markefj, formerly on Saturday, has been discontinued; but from March till the end of May a market for sheep and cattle is held every alternate Monday, and there are fairs on the last Monday in May and November 22nd, for cattle, flax, and hemp. The county magistrates hold here a petty session for the division; and constables are appointed at the court leet of the lord of the manor. The living is a vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Stowe, and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the king's books at £ 14. 10., and in the patronage of Mrs. Egremont. The church, dedicated to St. Oswald, is a very ancient structure, of which the original character is concealed by repeated alterations and repairs. There are places of worship for Independents and Wesleyan Methodists. A charity school, for teaching poor children reading, writing, and arithmetic, is partly supported by subscription, and by an endowment of £ 60 per annum arising from various bequests; there are thirty children in the school. In 1747, the body of a woman was found in an erect position in the peat moor, near the town, at the depth of six feet beneath the surface; from the sandals on the feet it appeared to have been there for several centuries; the hair and nails were entire, and the skin,' though discoloured, was soft and apparently sound.