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Crawley

A Dictionary of British Place-Names | 2003 | | Copyright

Crawley, usually ‘wood or clearing frequented by crows’, OE crāwe + lēah; examples include: Crawley Hants. Crawanlea 909, Crawelie 1086 (DB). Crawley Oxon. Croule 1214. Crawley W. Sussex. Crauleia 1203. Crawley Down, Crauledun 1272, has the addition of OE dūn ‘hill, down’. Crawley, North Milt. K. Crauelai 1086 (DB).

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Crawley

The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature | 2003 | | Copyright

Crawley,
1. the Revd Josiah, one of the most memorable characters in A. Trollope's ‘Barsetshire’ novels, figuring most prominently in The Last Chronicle of Barset and also in Framley Parsonage;

2. Sir Pitt, his sister Miss Crawley, his sons Pitt and Rawdon, characters in Thackeray's Vanity Fair.

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Crawley

Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names | 2005 | | Copyright

Crawley, England/UK At least three towns have this name which means ‘Wood favoured by Crows’ from the Old English crāwe and lēah. The town in Sussex was recreated as a New Town in 1947, having been called Crauleia in its previous existence.

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