Crawshaw

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Definitions

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

Etymology

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

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