Crawley

English new town

Crawley is a town in West Sussex, England, developed as a planned new town after World War II.

It sits south of London near Gatwick Airport.

The name also appears as a surname and occasionally as a given name—familiar to many from the aristocratic Crawley family in the television series *Downton Abbey*.

town

Sussex

Historic English coastal county

GatwickMajor British airport
boroughAdministrative town or district
new townRecently established urban area

Brighton · Southgate

fictional

Downton Abbey

British period drama series

aristocracyRule by hereditary elite
earlBritish hereditary noble rank
countessFeminine noble rank

Matthew · Robert · Violet · Maggie Smith · Yorkshire · estate · nobility · Edwardian · servants · inheritance

football

Red Devils

Manchester United's moniker

EFLNon-native language instruction
promotionRank increase or publicity
National LeagueOlder major baseball organization

surname

genealogy

Study of family descent

family nameHereditary portion of identity
EnglishBritain's native tongue
ancestryFamily line of descent

hereditary · lineage · patronymic

Opposites

urban character/historic charm

CrawleyBath

Somerset spa city

York · Canterbury · Oxford · Cambridge · Chester

English town stereotypes

CrawleyBroadway

Manhattan theatrical district

Henley-on-Thames · quaint village

new town vs. ancient settlement

CrawleyYork

Historic English city

Canterbury · Colchester · Chester · Winchester · Lincoln

Phrases

crawl spaceShallow area under a house
bar crawlSequential drinking establishment visits
creepy crawlySmall unsettling creature
creepy crawlersInsects and similar creatures
crawl over each otherMove by climbing companions
pub crawlSequential tavern visits

Family

crawl, crawling, crawls, crawled, crawler, crawly, crawlers, crawlway, crawlways

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