Craw (surname)
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Craw is an English habitational name
that arrived in Britain with Anglo-Saxon
tribes. Residents of the village Cronkshaw in the county of Lancashire
adopted Craw as their surname.
Habitational name
A habitational name is a type of name. These names denote the starting inhabited location. Such locations can be any type of settlement, such as: homesteads, farms, enclosures, villages, hamlets, strongholds or cottages. The second element of a habitational name describes the type of settlement...
that arrived in Britain with Anglo-Saxon
Anglo-Saxon
Anglo-Saxon may refer to:* Anglo-Saxons, a group that invaded Britain** Old English, their language** Anglo-Saxon England, their history, one of various ships* White Anglo-Saxon Protestant, an ethnicity* Anglo-Saxon economy, modern macroeconomic term...
tribes. Residents of the village Cronkshaw in the county of Lancashire
Lancashire
Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England. It takes its name from the city of Lancaster, and is sometimes known as the County of Lancaster. Although Lancaster is still considered to be the county town, Lancashire County Council is based in Preston...
adopted Craw as their surname.
List of persons with the surname
- Demas T. CrawDemas T. CrawDemas Thurlow "Nick" Craw was a United States Army Air Forces officer and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in World War II. Craw and Maj. Pierpont M...
(1900–1942), United States Army Air Forces officer - Garvie CrawGarvie CrawGarvie Craw was an American football player.Craw played college football for the University of Michigan from 1967 to 1969. In October 1969, he scored four touchdowns in a 57-0 victory over Illinois...
(1948–2007), American football player - Pavel KravařPavel KravařPavel Kravař , or Paul Crawar, Paul Craw, was a Hussite emissary from Bohemia who was burned at the stake for heresy at St Andrews in Scotland on 23 July 1433. He was the first of a succession of religious reformers who were martyred in the town during the course of the subsequent Protestant...
(c. 1391-1433), or Paul Craw, Bohemian Hussite emissary burned at the stake