(origin: Br. Local) From crom, crooked, and hal or hayle, low, level land bordering on the river or sea. Lowlands on the bend of a river.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.

CROMWELL. The family of the Protector were of Welsh origin, and bore the name of Williams. Though of ancient descent they abandoned that surname at the instigation of King Henry VIII., and Sir Richard Williams, the Protector's lineal ancestor, being sister's son to Thomas C, the noted vicar-general, adopted his uncle's family name. That person Avas of humble origin, and there is no proof of any connection with the I,ords Cromwell of Tateshall castle, co. Lincoln, whose pedi

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.