Crudwell is a village and civil parish

Civil parish

In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation and, where they are found, the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties...

 in Wiltshire

Wiltshire

Wiltshire is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset, Somerset, Hampshire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire. It contains the unitary authority of Swindon and covers...

, England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

. Its nearest town is Malmesbury

Malmesbury

Malmesbury is a market town and civil parish located in the southern Cotswolds in the county of Wiltshire, England. Historically Malmesbury was a centre for learning and home to Malmesbury Abbey...

, about 4 miles (6.4 km) away to the south west.

Crudwell includes the hamlet of Chedglow, which is 1 miles (1.6 km) away to the west. The Fosseway is both the parish and county boundary. The population of the parish changed little between 1831 and 1951, increasing from 604 to 618.

The Church of England

Church of England

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's All Saints' parish church

Parish church

A parish church , in Christianity, is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish, the basic administrative unit of episcopal churches....

, Crudwell, is a Grade I listed building.

Notable people

• Ambrose McEvoy
  Ambrose McEvoy
  Ambrose McEvoy was an English artist. His early works are landscapes and interiors with figures, in a style influenced by James McNeill Whistler. Later he gained success as a portrait painter, mainly of women and often in watercolour.-Biography:McEvoy was born on 12 August 1878 in Crudwell,...
  
   (1878–1927), artist
• Richard Cooper
  Richard Cooper (cricketer)
  Richard Claude Cooper played cricket for Wiltshire in the Minor Counties between 1967 and 1989 and had one season as a first-class cricketer for Somerset in 1972. He appeared in just one first-class match, but had a much longer career in List A cricket for Wiltshire, Somerset and Minor Counties...
  
  (1945-1990), cricketer