In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Crawley like this:
CRAWLEY, a township in Eglingham parish, Northumberland; on the river Breamish, 8 miles WNW of Alnwick. Acres, 314. Pop., 26. Houses, 5. Crawley Tower is an ancient structure, partly Roman; and commands a fine view of the vale of Whittingham and the course of the Breamish. Several British and Saxon entrenchments are in the vicinity.
Crawley through time
Crawley is now part of Alnwick district. Click here for graphs and data of how Alnwick has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Crawley itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Crawley, in Alnwick and Northumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/8948
Date accessed: 29th April 2024
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