Talk:North Crawley

When did it become North? Is there evidence for disambiguation from Crawley, Sussex?

I've found a source for a 1398 reference to North Crawley - is there an earlier one anywhere where the North prefix is given? --John Maynard Friedman (talk) 20:40, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

The article currently has an assertion that it became "North" to distinguish it from Crawley in Sussex. But there are lots of duplicate town names in England, some far closer together than this. So the statement definitely needs a citation because otherwise it is just wild speculation. --John Maynard Friedman (talk) 20:40, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

Personally I would be tempted to remove it as wild speculation, particularly if a reference can be found that states it was known as North Crawley in the 14th century: it wouldn't have needed differentiating from the Sussex town then; it is unlikely that anyone would have got the two confused. -- Roleplayer (talk) 23:16, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

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Unreliably sources report of 1973 air incident

I deleted this addition because the sources cited (Daily Express, Daily Mirror) are not acceptable to Wikipedia because of a track record of dubious reports. "Details" like landing in the chicken run and bring served brandy are unencyclopedic trivia.

A General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark crashed on the village on 11 January 1973 at 9.45 am. Pilot Major Robert J Kroos, aged 36, was from Oklahoma City, with WSO Captain Roger A Beck, aged 31, from Exira, Iowa. A fire had caused the rudder to be stuck, due to a damaged flight control, so the aircraft had been circling over the M1, which drew attention. The pilots, in a pressurised 1300kg cabin module, landed in the back garden (his chicken run) of a startled 60 year old Cyril Ruffhead. His wife Rita generously plied the crew with brandy. The aircraft itself landed at Hurst End, near Folly Lane, thirty feet from the home of Michael Fountain. A helicopter took the pilots back to RAF Upper Heyford. Some people have claimed that a UFO had hit the F-111.

Revised in a less tabloidish style and more reliably sourced, the incident can be added again. --𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 16:18, 9 February 2025 (UTC)

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