CRAWLEY (North), a parish in Newport-Pagnell district, Bucks; adjoining the boundary with Beds, 3¼ miles E of Newport-Pagnell r. station, and 8¾ NE of Bletchley. Post town, Newport-Pagnell. Acres, 4, 064. Real property, £4, 316. Pop., 981. Houses, 219. The property is much subdivided. A monastery was founded here before the time of Edward the Confessor. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, not reported. Patron, Miss Duncombe. The church belongs to the 14th century; and is in good condition. There are Independent and Baptist chapels, a national school, and charities £8.

(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))