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Survey of English Place-Names

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Crawleys

Other OS name in the Parish of Netteswell

Historical Forms

  • Hacunescroft 1270 ERxxxv
  • Hawkins 1592 ib

Etymology

( local ) is Hacunescroft 1270 ER xxxv, Hawkins 1592ib. , ' the croft of (William) Hakun , ' who was living here in 1272(Ass ) . Still occasionally called Hawkins , but more commonly after a tenant of about a century ago .