A place name (town in West Sussex, England) or a surname; sometimes used to describe something that crawls or moves slowly.
From Old English 'craw' meaning crow and 'leah' meaning clearing or meadow, literally 'crow's meadow.' It's a geographic descriptor that became a town name in medieval times.
Crawley is famous for becoming one of England's first 'new towns' after World War II—it was deliberately designed and built from scratch in the 1940s to house Londoners, making it a fascinating example of urban planning.
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