The Crittenden Name

This section is of automotive information relating to persons and entities with the Crittenden or Crittendon name.

Crittenden Topics

Bill Crittenden website operator/amateur automotive photographer Breony Crittenden automotive designer Casey Crittenden drift driver & writer

George Crittenden drag racing historian Kenneth Crittenden designer and financial supporter of K-R-I-T Motor Car Company Gene Crittendon race car driver

The Crittenden Automotive Library automotive information resource Crittenden Racing mid-1990's slot car racing team name used by Bill Crittenden K-R-I-T Motor Car Company American automobile manufacturer funded by and possibly named for Kenneth Crittenden Strong-Crittenden Company sales agents for Lozier, Pope-Hartford and White automobiles - founded in 1910 by Henry G. Strong Trevor Crittenden Motorsport Australian touring car racing team

Documents

This section has government reports on places with the Crittenden name.  There is a Crittenden County in Arkansas and Kentucky.

Date	Document Name & Details	Documents
2005-2009	Traffic Safety Facts - Crittenden County, Arkansas - 2005-2009 National Highway Traffic Safety Administration	PDF - 135KB - 4 pages

Article Index

Crittenden Escutcheon

From Bill Crittenden, Owner of The Crittenden Automotive Library:

The Crittenden name originates in Kent, England.

According to traditional rules of English heraldry, each Crittenden could have their own similar symbols, but the one found most often online and accepted with the name includes a blue escutcheon (the shield most often associated with heraldry) with a silver chevron pointing upwards in the middle of the shield, and three silver estoiles (celestial stars) around the chevron.  In English heraldry, outside the escutcheon there would be supporters (animal images on either side of the escutcheon) and a banner that would include the family name.

As I prefer simpler, cleaner styles, the one I have come up with for modern usage is a French style shield without any of the surrounding elements.  The only design on the shield is a single large estoile, which I found fitting not only for tradition's sake but also because it symbolizes knowledge.  The background color is dark green, which is more significant to me in regards to it's meaning to English automotive history as British Racing Green than it's meaning in English heraldry.  Plus, it's my favorite color.  As there are no elements outside the escutcheon I've done something completely untraditional and included the name on the escutcheon itself.

Subject Images

	Original Crittenden Name Collection Image, Used April 2011 to May 2012 21KB
	May 2012 to Current 25KB