CRAWLEY, a township in the parish of EGLINGHAM,
northern division of COQUETDALE ward, county of
NORTHUMBERLAND, 9 miles (W. N. W.) from Alnwick,
containing 23 inhabitants. It was anciently called
Crawlawe, from Caer-law, a fortified hill. Crawley tower,
a Roman structure, stands on.an eminence near an old
and strong intrenchment, which is thought to be the
Alauna Amnis- of Richard of Cirencester, though some
place this station at Alnwick, and others at Glanton:
it commands a fine view of the vale of Whittingham,
with the river Breamish, from its source to Horton
castle j and no less than seven British and Saxon fortifications
may be discerned within four miles round this
spot.