Craven may refer to:
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Craven in the Domesday Book
The extent of the medieval district of Craven, in the north of England is a matter of debate. The name Craven is either pre-Celtic Britain, Britonnic or Romano-British in origin. However, its usage continued following the ascendancy of the ...
, an area of Yorkshire, England, larger area than the district
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Craven District
Craven is a local government district of North Yorkshire, England centred on the market town of Skipton. In 1974, Craven District was formed as the merger of Skipton urban district, Settle Rural District and most of Skipton Rural District, all ...
, a local government district of North Yorkshire formed in 1974
Places
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Craven, New South Wales, Australia, see
Mid-Coast Council#Towns and localities
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Craven, Saskatchewan
Craven ( 2016 population: ) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Longlaketon No. 219 and Census Division No. 6. The village lies north-east of the town of Lumsden in the Qu'Appelle Valley. ...
, Canada, a village
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Craven (Bradford ward)
Craven is an electoral ward within the City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council, West Yorkshire, England. The population of the ward at the 2011 Census was 16,373.
It encompasses the villages of Steeton with Eastburn in the south, Silsden ...
, an electoral ward in the Bradford Metropolitan District, West Yorkshire, England
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Craven, North Carolina, United States, see
Gold Hill, North Carolina
Gold Hill is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in southeastern Rowan County, North Carolina, United States near the Cabarrus County line. It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 372. It is ...
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Craven, South Dakota, United States, see
Aberdeen, South Dakota micropolitan area#Communities
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Craven Arms
Craven Arms is a market town and civil parish in Shropshire, England, on the A49 road and the Welsh Marches railway line, which link it north and south to the larger towns of Shrewsbury and Ludlow respectively. The Heart of Wales railway line ...
, Shropshire, England
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Craven County, North Carolina
Craven County is located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 100,720. Its county seat is New Bern. The county was created in 1705 as Archdale Precinct from the now-extinct Bath County. It was renamed ...
, United States
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Craven County, South Carolina Craven County, South Carolina was one of the three original counties established by the Lords Proprietor of the English colony of Carolana in 1682 to include the colony's lands stretching from Awendaw Creek north to the western shore of Winyah Bay ...
, a former county in the United States
Organisations
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Cravens
Cravens Railway Carriage and Wagon Company Limited was a railway rolling stock builder in the Darnall district of Sheffield, England. Founded by brothers named Craven and known as Craven Brothers, later Cravens Limited, it remained a family busi ...
, a British railway rolling stock builder
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Craven Brothers
Cravens Railway Carriage and Wagon Company Limited was a railway rolling stock builder in the Darnall district of Sheffield, England. Founded by brothers named Craven and known as Craven Brothers, later Cravens Limited, it remained a family busi ...
, a British manufacturer of machine tools and cranes
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Craven College, North Yorkshire, England
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Craven Community College
Craven Community College is a public community college with its main campus in New Bern, North Carolina. It also has campuses in Havelock and Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point. Established in 1965, it was originally an extension of Lenoir ...
, with three campuses in North Carolina, US
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Craven Laboratories
Craven Laboratories was an American research company based in Austin, Texas.
History
Craven Laboratories was the first chemical testing lab charged in the United States following establishment of the Food and Drug Administration
The United ...
, a defunct American pesticide testing laboratory
Ships
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USS ''Craven'' (TB-10), a torpedo boat commissioned in 1900 and decommissioned in 1913
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USS ''Craven'' (DD-70), a destroyer commissioned in 1918 and scrapped in 1945
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USS ''Craven'' (DD-382), a destroyer commissioned in 1937 and decommissioned in 1945
Other uses
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Craven (surname) Craven is a surname that can be of English or Irish origin. In England, it is a topographical surname associated with the medieval kingdom or shire of Craven situated in west and north Yorkshire. In Ireland, Craven is the anglicisation of o'Crabhai ...
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Earl of Craven
Earl of Craven, in the County of York, is a title that has been created twice, once in the Peerage of England and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
History
The first creation came in the Peerage of England in 1664 in favour of the s ...
, also Baron Craven, a title in English peerage
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Craven baronets
There have been two baronetcies created for persons with the surname Craven, one in the Baronetage of England and one in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. Both creations are extinct.
The Craven Baronetcy, of Spersholt in the County of Berksh ...
, two extinct baronetcies, one in the Baronetage of England and the other in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom
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Craven Country Jamboree Country Thunder Saskatchewan (formerly the Craven Country Jamboree) is an annual country music festival, held in the Qu'Appelle Valley, near Craven, Saskatchewan, Canada.
History
The event was first held in 1983 as the Big Valley Jamboree, with ...
, a music festival, Craven, Saskatchewan, Canada
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Craven A
Craven A ''(stylized as'' Craven "A"'')'' is a British brand of cigarette, currently manufactured by British American Tobacco under some of its subsidiaries; it was originally created by the Carreras Tobacco Company in 1921 and made by them until ...
and Craven, cigarette and tobacco brands produced by The House of Craven
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Craven Berkeley
Craven FitzHardinge Berkeley (May 1805 – 1 July 1855) was a British Whig politician.
Background
Berkeley was the seventh son of Frederick Berkeley, 5th Earl of Berkeley, and Mary, daughter of William Cole. He was the younger brother of Willi ...
(1805–1855), British politician
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Craven Cottage
Craven Cottage is a football ground in Fulham, West London, England, which has been the home of Fulham F.C. since 1896.According to the club'official website The ground's capacity is 22,384; the record attendance is 49,335, for a game against M ...
, a sports stadium and home of Fulham F.C. in London, England
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Craven Fault System
The Craven Fault System is the name applied by geologists to the group of crustal faults in the Pennines that form the southern edge of the Askrigg Block and which partly bounds the Craven Basin. Sections of the system's component faults which ...
, a fault zone in northern England
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Craven Park (disambiguation) Craven Park may refer to:
* Craven Park (Barrow), home of Barrow (rugby league)
* Craven Park, Hull, current home of Hull Kingston Rovers (rugby league)
* Old Craven Park, former home of Hull Kingston Rovers (rugby league)
* Craven Park (London), ...
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Craven Plate
The Craven Plate is an Australian Turf Club Group 3 Thoroughbred horse race run over 2,000 metres, under Weight for Age conditions for three-year-olds and older, at Randwick Racecourse, Sydney, Australia. Total prize money for the race is A$750 ...
, an Australian thoroughbred horse race
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Craven Stakes
The Craven Stakes is a Group 3 flat horse race in Great Britain open to three-year-old colts and geldings. It is run over a distance of 1 mile (1,609 metres) ...
, a British horse race
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