Legend makes Cricklade the abode of a school of Greek philosophers before the Roman conquest, and the name is given as "Greeklade" in Drayton's Polyolbion.
According to Giraldus Cambrensis, Roger de Bellesme, a follower of William I., afterwards created earl of Shrewsbury, imported some stallions from Spain into England; their produce was celebrated by Drayton the poet.
The significance of Fen Drayton Nature Reserve for its wintering bittern is not recognized in the Environmental Statement.
However, the Fen Drayton List includes scarce chaser Libellula fulva.
Sally Drayton, 1995 I was a graduate trainee at New Hall from February to August 1995.
