CRAWLEY, a parish in the hundred of BUTTINGHILL, rape of LEWES, county of SUSSEX, 9 miles (N. by W.) from Cuckfield, containing 334 inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry of Lewes, and diocese of Chichester, rated in the king's books at £6. 15., endowed with £200 private benefaction, and £ 200 royal bounty, and in the patronage of James Clitherow, Esq. The church, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, is partly in the decorated and partly in the later style of English architecture, and has lately received an addition of ninety free sittings, the Incorporated Society for the enlargement of churches and chapels having granted £ 17 toward defraying the expense. Fairs for horned cattle are held on May 8th and September 29th.