Editing Crich (section)

== History ==
In 1009 King [[Æthelred the Unready]] signed a charter at the Great Council which recognised the position and boundaries of [[Weston-on-Trent]] and several other manors including Crich.<ref name=s922/> The charter shows that Weston controlled the nearby crossings of the Trent. The land was listed as eight [[Hide (unit)|hides]] at Weston upon Trent, and a hide at Crich, [[Morley, Derbyshire|Morley]], [[Smalley, Derbyshire|Smalley]], [[Ingleby, Derbyshire|Ingleby]] and Kidsley. This land was then given to [[Morcar (thegn)|Morcar]], the King's chief minister, and he was unusually given rights that were normally reserved for the King alone. He was given the responsibility for justice and exemption from the [[Trinoda necessitas]], he alone could decide a fate of life or death without the need of the authority of the King or his sheriff.<ref name=s922>[http://www.anglo-saxons.net/hwaet/?do=seek&query=S+922 Charter of Æthelred], The Great Council, 1009, accessible at Derby records</ref> Morcar was given further lands in Derbyshire. Weston (and Crich?) again come under the control of Æþelræd Unræd, when Morcar and his brother were murdered by Eadric in 1015.

Parts of the [[Church of England parish church]] of [[Saint Mary]] are [[Norman architecture|Norman]], with later [[English Gothic architecture#Decorated Gothic|Decorated Gothic]] and [[English Gothic architecture#Perpendicular Gothic|Perpendicular Gothic]] alterations from the 14th century.<ref>Pevsner & Williamson, 1978, page 156</ref> Crich has also a [[Wesleyan Methodist Church (Great Britain)|Wesleyan]] chapel that was built in 1770.<ref name=Pevsner157>Pevsner & Williamson, 1978, page 157</ref>

A [[workhouse]] was opened in 1734 on the edge of Nether Common. It could accommodate 40 inmates, and accepted [[paupers]] from other parishes, including [[Melbourne, Derbyshire|Melbourne]], [[Pentrich, Derbyshire|Pentrich]], [[Willington, Derbyshire|Willington]], [[Mercaston]] and [[Denby]].<ref>Higginbotham, P. (2007), ''Workhouses of the Midlands'', Tempus, Stroud. Page 27. {{ISBN|978-0-7524-4488-8}}</ref>

Chase Cliffe is a [[Tudor Revival architecture|Tudor Revival]] house on the road from Crich to [[Whatstandwell]].<ref name=Pevsner157/> It was designed by [[Benjamin Ferrey]] and built in 1859–61.<ref name=Pevsner157/>