CRUDWELL, a parish in the hundred of MALMESBURY,
county of WILTS, 4 miles (N.N.E.) from Malmesbury,
containing, with the tything of Eastcourt, 570
inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry
of Wilts, and diocese of Salisbury, rated in the
king's books at £17- 5.2., and,in the patronage of the
Earl of Hardwicke. The church, dedicated to All
Saints, is a large and handsome edifice in the Norman
style of architecture; on one side of the nave the columns
are short and massive, while on the other side
they are lofty and light. A free school, founded by
John, Lord Lucas, is supported by donations of about
£ 6 per annum. Near this place runs the old Fosseway
to Cirencester.