What is Crich?
{{infobox UK place |country = England |static_image = Bowns Hill Crich.jpg |static_image_caption=Bowns Hill |latitude= 53.083890 |longitude= -1.479080 |official_name= Crich |map_type= Derbyshire |population = |shire_district= [[Amber Valley]] | shire_county = [[Derbyshire]] |region= East Midlands |constituency_westminster= [[Amber Valley (UK Parliament constituency)|Amber Valley]] |post_town= MATLOCK |postcode_district = DE4 |postcode_area= DE |dial_code= 01773 |os_grid_reference= }} '''Crich''' ({{pronEng|ˈkraɪtʃ}} ''kryech'') {{audio|En-crich.ogg|listen}} is a [[village]] in the [[England|English]] [[Ceremonial counties of England|county]] of [[Derbyshire]]. It is the home of the [[National Tramway Museum]] in the [[Crich Tramway Village]]. ==Memorial Tower== At the top of Crich Hill is a tower. The [[tower]] was built to remember members of the [[regiment]] who died in [[battle]], particularly in [[World War I]]. The tower was built in 1923 on the site of an older tower called Crich Stand. The Memorial Tower is the end of an annual [[pilgrimage]] on the first Sunday in July. It is {{convert|305|m|ft|0|lk=on|abbr=on}} above [[sea level]]. The tower has 52 steps to the top. From the top of the tower, eight counties and [[landmark]]s such as the [[Humber Bridge]] and [[Lincoln Cathedral]] can be seen.<ref>[http://www.crich-memorial.org.uk/ Crich Memorial] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081017103906/http://www.crich-memorial.org.uk/ |date=2008-10-17 }}, official site</ref> ==History== Crich is mentioned in 1009 by [[Ethelred the Unready]] when he gives away [[Weston-on-Trent]] to his minister.<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> A workhouse opened in 1734 and had 40 people. The workhouse accepted poor people from places, including Melbourne, Pentrich, Willington, Mercaston and Denby.<ref>Higginbotham, P. (2007), ''Workhouses of the Midlands'', Tempus, Stroud. Page 27. {{ISBN|978