Craven may refer to: *

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 British, Britonnic or Romano-British in origin. However, its usage continued following the ascendancy of the A ...

, an area of Yorkshire, England, larger area than the district **

Craven District Craven was a non-metropolitan district in the west of North Yorkshire, centred on the market town of Skipton. The name ''Craven'' is much older than the modern district and encompassed Craven in the Domesday Book, a larger area. This history is ...

, a local government district of North Yorkshire from 1974 to 2023

Places

* Craven, New South Wales, Australia, see Mid-Coast Council#Towns and localities *

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. I ...

, Canada, a village *

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, Sils ...

, an electoral ward in the Bradford Metropolitan District, West Yorkshire, England * 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 i ...

* Craven, South Dakota, United States, see Aberdeen, South Dakota micropolitan area#Communities *

Craven Arms Craven Arms is a market town and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in Shropshire, England. It is sited on the A49 road and the Welsh Marches Line, Welsh Marches railway line, which link it north and south to the larger towns of Shrewsbur ...

, Shropshire, England *

Craven County, North Carolina Craven County is a county 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 w ...

, United States * Craven County, South Carolina, a former county in the United States

Organisations

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 **

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 * Craven College, North Yorkshire, England * Craven Community College, with three campuses in North Carolina, US *

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 the establishment of the Food and Drug Administration's Good Labor ...

, a defunct American pesticide testing laboratory

Ships

* USS ''Craven'' (TB-10), a torpedo boat commissioned in 1900 and decommissioned in 1913 * USS ''Craven'' (DD-70), a destroyer commissioned in 1918 and scrapped in 1945 * USS ''Craven'' (DD-382), a destroyer commissioned in 1937 and decommissioned in 1945

Other uses

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’Cráb ...

* Craven, the pseudonym of John William Carleton (''c.'' 1802 – 1856), an English editor and writer *

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 so ...

, also Baron Craven, a title in English peerage *

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 Berks ...

, two extinct baronetcies, one in the Baronetage of England and the other in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom *

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, wi ...

, a music festival, Craven, Saskatchewan, Canada

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