English Explanatory Dictionary

Crawshaw

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Old English.
  2. A rural locality comprising Upper and Lower Crawshaw in Denby Dale parish, Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2313).

Word forms

Crawshaw Crawshaws Crashaw Croshaw

Etymology

Habitational surname from the village of Crawshawbooth, in Lancashire, which is from Old English crāwe (“crow”) + sċeaga (“copse, thicket”).

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