Cressy

Cressy

Cressy can refer to:

Contents

Places

Ships

  • Cressy (ship), a passenger ship to New Zealand in 1850.
  • Cressy class cruiser, a class of ships.
  • HMS Cressy, the name of four Royal Navy ships
  • Cressy, the canal boat of L. T. C. Rolt, credited with starting the restoration movement for English canals with the publication of Narrow Boat (1944)

People

Events

  • Battle of Cressy is an alternative rendering of the Battle of Crécy, which was one of the most significant battles of the Hundred Years' War

See also


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  • Cressy — (Рим,Италия) Категория отеля: 1 звездочный отель Адрес: Via Volturno 27, Вокзал Термини, 0018 …   Каталог отелей

  • Cressy — Cress y (kr[e^]s [y^]), a. Abounding in cresses. [1913 Webster] The cressy islets white in flower. Tennyson. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Cressy — Rare, le nom est porté notamment dans l Eure et les Yvelines. Il désigne celui qui est originaire d une des nombreuses localités appelées Cressy ou Crécy dans cette région. Sens probable : le domaine de Crixsus, forme latinisée du nom de personne …   Noms de famille

  • Cressy — Cressy, 1) (Carisiacum), so v.w. Crecy; 2) (C. sur Serre), Marktflecken im Arrondissement Laon des französischen Departements Aisne; 2100 Ew.; hier zwei Synoden (849 u. 853) gegen den Mönch Gottschalk u. seine Lehre …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Cressy — [kres′ē] Eng. name for CRÉCY …   English World dictionary

  • Cressy — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom.  Pour l’article homophone, voir Crécy. Sommaire 1 Toponymi …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Cressy — This most interesting surname has two possible origins. Firstly it may be of Anglo Saxon origin, from the Olde English creas , Middle English crease , meaning fine or elegant , which was a nickname given to an elegant person or one who dressed in …   Surnames reference

  • cressy — adjective Abounding in cresses Between the copse and the brook, the slope was covered with pale lilac ladys smocks, each standing separately in the grass, a frail stalk of bloom above a spread of cressy leaves …   Wiktionary

  • Cressy-Klasse — HMS Cressy …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Cressy, Victoria — Cressy Victoria The historic Frenchman s Inn …   Wikipedia

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