Cricklade features [16]

Image: © Michael Dibb Taken: 25 Aug 2019

This Meer Stone is one of the boundary markers of Cricklade. See Image for the accompanying explanation plaque. Number 19A (nearest the camera) and number 20 Calcott Street, seen here, are, along with numbers 21 and 22, the remains of a row of seven houses built in the 1730s to create votes. They stand just outside the walls of the Saxon burgh and were much discussed in the disputed parliamentary election of 1774. There are brief details and links at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cricklade_(UK_Parliament_constituency) The row of four houses is listed for historical reasons with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1023091 Number 18 Calcutt Street is 18th century and is listed for group value, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1284315 Cricklade is the first town downstream on the River Thames. The town was founded by the Anglo-Saxons in the 9th century at the point where the Roman Ermin Way crosses the River Thames. It is one of the thirty burhs (fortified towns) recorded in the Burghal Hidage document, which describes a system of fortresses and fortified towns built around Wessex by King Alfred. The fortifications have been extensively excavated in several places on all four of its sides.

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