Derivation of the name Crowle

A number of alternatives have been proposed for the derivation of the name Crowle:

• an old British word Croc meaning a winding river
• the Dutch word Krul which means a small settlement
• Old English river-name crull, a word related to the Middle Dutch krul or ‘curled hair’, and meaning a winding river or stream.

The English Place Names Society provides the following derivation;

Crowle
Originally the name of a river here which was lost to reclamation.
Elements and their meanings
river-name (Unknown) River-name

Refs
Watts; Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-names 172
E. Ekwall; Dictionary of English Place-Names 133
Cameron; Dictionary of Lincolnshire Place-names 35
A.D. Mills; Dictionary of English Place-Names 142
Cameon et al.; Place-names of Lincolnshire –

http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Lincolnshire/Crowle