Cratley

Cratley is a lost village in Nottinghamshire, England.

It may have been located close to North Laithes Farm at Kneesall although an alternative site east of Laund Wood has been suggested.

Two field names on the Estate Map of the Liberty of Rufford i.e. (Rufford Estate) in 1637 are given as East and West Credlin.

Total population in 1086 was 24 households (quite large), Total tax paid by all the owners: 2.5 geld According to the Domesday Book Tax was paid on 26 Acres of Demense Meadow Land, and 0.5 leagues of Woodland[1] Lord of the Manor in 1066: Ulf Fenman.

Soon after the foundation of Rufford Abbey by Gilbert de Gant, on 12 July 1147,[2] the Village of Cratley was reduced to a grange and the villagers gradually evicted and resettled at Wellow.