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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 is now part of NORTHUMBERLAND Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTHUMBERLAND has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Crawley itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Crawley in Northumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/8948
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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