Estate agents in Crockenhill

Crockenhill's earliest documented history starts in 1388, when the village, or hamlet as it was then, was known as Crockern-Held, which translates as "the hill where stands a pottery kiln" It was a remote hamlet until around the Victorian times By the mid-19th century, market gardening was booming, especially strawberries which grew well on recently grubbed-up woodland. London was readily accessible by road and rail, and with the benevolent rent policy of the Hart Dyke family, the most enterprising smallholders gradually became wealthy farmers. Today Crockenhill continues to be a thriving community with a good social mix of well-established families and new ones.

Credit: Dr. Susan Pitman (Local Historian)