Creaton

The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book as 'Creaton Magna' (now the main part of the village) and 'Creaton Parva' (now Little Creaton). In the centre of the village, across Grooms Lane, are the foundations of the house where Amphylis Twigden, great-great-grandmother of George Washington, first President of the United States was born and lived. Twigden married the Revd Lawrence Washington, son of Lawrence Washington (1602–1652). Their son, John Washington, emigrated to America and was the father of George. On 22 July 1944 at 22:53hrs, 92 Group RAF informed Flying Control at RAF Husbands Bosworth that a V1 Flying Bomb was heading in their direction. However, at 22.57hrs a message was…

Creaton has a typical English village green which is a large focal point with a number of interesting buildings including the Manor House, built in 1604. Also overlooking the green are a terrace of almshouses which were founded in 1825 and rebuilt in 1897. There a brick-built United Reformed chapel, originally erected as a non-conformist chapel in 1604, though the current building dates from 1793. A number of houses are thatched and built of the local sandstone. One of the cottages, Moringside, has a doorway from Holdenby Palace. Traditional hunt meets were frequently held on the green; hunting in the area is now run within the bounds of the current legislation. Creaton also has a village…