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crawley
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n. A town in West Sussex, England
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Crawley is a town and borough in West Sussex, England. It is south of Charing Cross (London), north of Brighton and Hove, and northeast of the county town of Chichester, covers an area of and had a population of 106,597 at the time of the 2011 Census.
The area has been inhabited since the Stone Age, and was a centre of ironworking in Roman times. Crawley developed slowly as a market town from the 13th century, serving the surrounding villages in the Weald; its location on the main road from London to Brighton brought a passing trade, encouraging the development of coaching inns. It was connected to London by the railway in 1841.
Gatwick Airport, now one of Britain's busiest international airports, opened on the edge of the town in the 1940s, encouraging commercial and industrial growth. After the Second World War, the British Government planned to move large numbers of people and jobs out of London and into new towns around South East England. The New Towns Act 1946 designated Crawley as the site of one of these. A master plan was developed for the establishment of new residential, commercial, industrial and civic areas, and rapid development greatly increased the size and population of the town in a few decades.
The town comprises thirteen residential neighbourhoods radiating out from the core of the old market town, and separated by main roads and railway lines. The nearby communities of Ifield, Pound Hill and Three Bridges were absorbed into the new town at different stages of its development. As of 2009, expansion is planned in the west and northwest of the town, in co-operation with Horsham District Council. Economically, the town has developed into the main centre of industry and employment between London and the south coast of England. A large industrial area supports industries and services, many of which are connected with the airport, and the commercial and retail sectors continue to expand.
Crawley is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Henry Smith of the Conservative Party.
Crawley is a town in West Sussex, England.
Crawley may also refer to:
Crawley is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Aidan Crawley (1908–1993), British politician, journalist, and writer, related to the Crawley-Boevey baronets
- Ben Crawley (born 1971), retired American soccer player
- Bertrand Crawley, fictional character in the Marvel Universe
- Bill Crawley, American history professor
- Charles Crawley (1908–1935), English cricketer
- Christine Crawley, Baroness Crawley (born 1950), British politician
- Cosmo Crawley (1904–1989), English cricketer
- David Crawley (bishop) (born 1937), Canadian archbishop
- David Crawley (Gaelic footballer) (born 1977), Irish footballer
- Desmond Crawley (1917–1993), British diplomat
- Edward F. Crawley, American professor
- F. R. Crawley (1911–1987), Canadian film producer
- Geoffrey Crawley (1926–2010), British photographic expert and journalist
- George A. Crawley (1864–1926), British artist and designer
- Ian Crawley (1962–2008), English footballer
- Jacqueline Crawley, American neuroscientist
- Jim Crawley (born 1934), American football coach
- John Crawley (born 1971), retired English cricketer
- John Crawley (Alabama judge) (1940-2013), American jurist
- John Crawley (footballer) (born 1972), Australian football coach
- Judith Crawley (1914-1986), Canadian film producer
- Leonard Crawley (1903–1981), English sportsman and journalist
- Marita Crawley (born 1954), playwright, widowed daughter-in-law of Aidan Crawley (above)
- Mark Crawley (born 1967), former English cricketer
- Michael Crawley, British biology professor
- Mike Crawley, Canadian alternative energy CEO and president of the Liberal Party of Canada
- Peter Crawley (boxer) (1799–1865), British bare-knuckle boxer
- Richard Crawley (1840–1893), Welsh writer, academic and insurance executive
- Samuel Crawley (1790–1852), English politician
- Stephen Crawley (born 1962), Scottish cricketer
- Sylvia Crawley (born 1972), American basketball player
- Tyrone Crawley (born 1958), American former professional boxer
- William Crawley, BBC journalist
Usage examples of "crawley".
Crawley the most delightful and accomplished of men, after Southdown, that fallen angel: and her mamma and sister, who were ladies of the most superior sort, managed everything for her, and regarded her with that amiable pity, of which your really superior woman always has such a share to give away.
Lady Southdown quite agreed in both proposals of her son-in-law, and was for converting Miss Crawley off-hand.
Lady Southdown, I think it would be quite unadvisable to commence so early upon serious topics with Miss Crawley.
Miss Briggs, who was enabled to speak a good word for the latter, after the cards of the Southdown family had been presented to Miss Crawley.
He did not tell the Countess of Southdown what opinion his aunt had formed of her Ladyship, who, on the contrary, thought that she had made a most delightful and majestic impression on Miss Crawley.
Lady Southdown, from her neighbouring house, reigned over the whole family--Pitt, Lady Jane, Miss Crawley, Briggs, Bowls, Firkin, and all.
So Boy Jim went down to the George, at Crawley, under the charge of Jim Belcher and Champion Harrison, to train for his great fight with Crab Wilson, of Gloucester, whilst every club and bar parlour of London rang with the account of how he had appeared at a supper of Corinthians, and beaten the formidable Joe Berks in four rounds.
Lucy unloaded her jellies and her febrifuges, Mr Crawley frowning at her bitterly the while.
He thought it looked a bit like Crawley, or Purley Spokes, the suburbs that London had built back in the great old days when there was so much prey that cities could afford to build little satellite towns.
Lady Crawley is made to put on the brightest pea-green in her wardrobe, and my pupils leave off their thick shoes and tight old tartan pelisses, and wear silk stockings and muslin frocks, as fashionable baronets’ daughters should.
Rawdon Crawley, the Dowager Countess wrote back such a letter regarding Becky, with such particulars, hints, facts, falsehoods, and general comminations, that intimacy between Mrs.
Crawley paid his personal visits, contenting himself by leaving a card at his aunt’s house, and making a modest inquiry of Mr.
The turkey carpet has rolled itself up, and retired sulkily under the sideboard: the pictures have hidden their faces behind old sheets of brown paper: the ceiling lamp is muffled up in a dismal sack of brown holland: the window-curtains have disappeared under all sorts of shabby envelopes: the marble bust of Sir Walpole Crawley is looking from its black corner at the bare boards and the oiled fire-irons, and the empty card-racks over the mantel-piece: the cellaret has lurked away behind the carpet: the chairs are turned up heads and tails along the walls: and in the dark corner opposite the statue, is an old-fashioned crabbed knife-box locked and sitting on a dumb waiter.
Rawdon Crawley was closeted there, found the Baronet and his sister-in-law.
Leonard's Forge, and afterwards the Tensley Forge near Crawley, and the Cowden Iron-works, which then bore a high reputation.