Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Creuhalle 1086 DB

• Cryu 1096–1101(1280),1150 Chest

• Cruwe 1188–91 Chest e13 1333 AD

• Cruwe by Farundun c.1340 ib

• Crue 13 Dieul 1257 Chest 17 ChFor c.1294 Chol 1609

• Crue iuxta Farndon 1505 ChRR 1507 AD

• Crue Malpas 1517 ChRR 1527 ChCert

• Cruue c.1294 ChFor

• Crwe c.1310 Chest 1350 Plea 1433 ChRR

• Crwe by Farondon 1412 AD

• Eure 1318 Pat 1386 ib

• Creu 1324 ChRR 1474 ib

• Crewe 1326 ib

• Crewe by Farnedon 1429 AD

• Crewe Caldecote 1451 ib

• Crwue 1471 ChRR

• Manor House 1831 Bry

• Crew 1842 OS

• Crew Hall 1842 OS

• Crewe Nook 1831 Bry

• Crewe Hook 1842 OS

• Crewe Barn 1831 Bry

Etymology

'Hall at a weir or fish-trap', v. cryw , hall . Crewe Hall is Manor House 1831 Bry, Crew 1842 OS, and Crewe Hill, so named 1831 Bry, is Crew Hall 1842 OS (v. hall , hyll ). The hamlet of Crewe (109– 423532) was Crewe Nook 1831 Bry, Crewe Hook 1842 OS, lying in the north-east corner of the township, v. nōk , hōc . Crewe Barn 1831 Bry was at 109–423526, v. bere-ærn. Cf. Crewe, Crewood 39, 195.The fish-trap or weir would be in R. Dee.