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.

Crowley

Major Settlement in the Parish of Great Budworth

Historical Forms

  • Croule 13 Whall
  • Crouleycroft 1295 Lacy 1305 1306 MinAcct
  • Croulegh 1325 ChRR
  • Croweleigh 1353 MinAcct
  • Crowelegh 1452 CoLegh
  • Crowley 1537 ArlB
  • Craueley 1443 MinAcct
  • Crauelegh' 1487 ib
  • Crawley 1548 Tab
  • Crauglegh' 1487 MinAcct

Etymology

'Crow wood', v. crāwe , lēah , croft .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site