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Cresswell

Domesday name	Cressvale
13 th century name	Cresswalle
Name meaning	The (water) cress well or cress spring/stream
Domesday entry	William Pandolf holds from him 1 hide. Land for 6 ploughs. 4 villagers and 4 smallholders with 2 ploughs. A mill at 5s; meadow, 40 acres.

Earthworks and ruined church at Cresswell.

Cresswell is one of the ‘lost villages’ on the outskirts of Stafford. Today all that remains of the village is the ruins of a Norman church and the wall and gateway that gave access to the hall. There are extensive earthworks running by the church. When the sun is in the right position it is possible to make out the markings in the grass of the buildings that once stood there.

Ruins of Cresswell Church.

The mill has long gone and cattle graze over the area where the mill once stood. As you descend towards the river there are a few trees on the right-hand side at the bottom of the hill that probably mark the site of the Domesday mill. There is a water course running by these trees which could have been used to provide the water power for the mill.

Possible location of mill on right by trees.

The village ‘disappeared’ in the 1600’s leaving only the hall (a large mansion) and church standing.

Looking towards mill site.

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