Last Name CROWNSHAW

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Meaning	Local: Of Cronkshaw, the twisting or winding shaw, i.e. wood. Crankshaw seems to have lain in the parish of Rochdale or Bury, county Lancashire. Cronshaw and Cranshaw are variants of the surname, and Crankshaw is the more correct modern representative. Local: Of Cronkshaw.

Origin	English, Irish

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