Crewe.
A placename:
Meaning & usage
A placename: A town and civil parish with a town council in Cheshire East district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ7055).
A placename: A town in Nottoway County, Virginia, United States.
A habitational surname from Welsh.
Where this word comes from
Recorded as Creu in the Domesday Book, the town's name is derived from Old Welsh criu (“weir; crossing”) (compare modern Welsh cryw).
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