What is "crudwell"

Crudwell is a village and civil parish in north Wiltshire, England. Its nearest town is Malmesbury, about to the southwest. To the northeast approximately is Cirencester in Gloucestershire. Also to the northeast is Cotswold Airport (formerly Kemble Airfield) and in Kemble village (approx ) is the nearest railway station with mainline services to London Paddington.

The village lies on the A429, which links Cirencester and Malmesbury. This route south to Malmesbury was built in 1778; previously Malmesbury was reached via either the Fosse Way (a Roman road), or the road through Murcott and Hankerton.

The parish includes the hamlets of Chedglow, Chelworth, Eastcourt, Murcott and West Crudwell. The Fosse Way forms part of the parish and county boundary. The population of the parish changed little between 1831 and 1951, increasing from 604 to 618.