Crux Easton
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Crux Easton is a hamlet in the English county of Hampshire located 6½ miles south of Newbury. It falls within the civil parish of Ashmansworth. It is the site of a restored wind engine manufactured by John Wallis Titt c1892.[1]
In 1870 official records showed that Crux Easton was 1,099 acres (4.45 km2) in size, had a population of 76, and had 17 houses.
During World War 2 the British fascist Sir Oswald Mosley and his wife Diana (nee Mitford) were under house arrest in Crux Easton.
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- ^ "WIND ENGINE AND FORMER MILL HOUSE AT SU 4268 5632, ASHMANSWORTH, BASINGSTOKE AND DEANE, HAMPSHIRE". English Heritage. http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?pid=2&id=138485. Retrieved 2008-10-29.
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