The story
- Old Welsh · derived fromcriu“weir; crossing”
- English todayCrewe
Recorded as Creu in the Domesday Book, the town's name is derived from Old Welsh criu (“weir; crossing”) (compare modern Welsh cryw).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
crewe
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Old Welsh criu