English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Crew

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bewcastle

Historical Forms

  • the Crew 1583 Border 1686 CWii
  • Crewe 1618 NaworthA

Etymology

'pen, cote,' found as the first element of Crewgarth infra 229.