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Cranage

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"CRANAGE, a township in that part of the parish of SANDBACH which is in the hundred of NORTHWICH, county palatine of CHESTER, 3¾ miles (E. N. E.) from Middlewich, containing 433 inhabitants. Thomas Hall, Esq. erected two schoolrooms here, one of which he endowed with £10 per annum, for ten boys, and the other with £4 per annum, for ten girls, all of them being partly clothed. In the reign of Henry VI. a bridge of stone was erected across the river Dane, at the expense of Sir John Nedham, but a few years ago it gave place to the present structure, which is built of wood, from a design by Mr. Harrison, of Chester." [From Samuel Lewis A Topographical Dictionary of England  (1831) ©Mel Lockie]

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  • Cranage was a township in Church Hulme chapelry of Sandbach ancient parish, Northwich hundred (SJ 7469), which became a civil parish in 1866.
  • The population was 385 in 1801, 410 in 1851, 361 in 1901, 1217 in 1951, and 1130 in 2001.
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Churches

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Civil Registration

  • Congleton (1837-1937)
  • Crewe (1937-74)
  • Congleton & Crewe (1974-88)
  • South Cheshire (1988-98)
  • Cheshire East (1998-2007)
  • Cheshire (2007-09)
  • Cheshire East (2009+)
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Court Records

  • Northwich (1828-99)
  • Middlewich & Sandbach (1899-1907)
  • Middlewich (1907-67)
  • South East Cheshire (1967-74)
  • Congleton (1974-92)
  • South Cheshire (1992+)
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Description & Travel

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Gazetteers

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Historical Geography

  • 1889 March 24 — Gained detached part No.5 of Rudheath (7 acres, pop. 0 in 1891)
  • 1936 April 1 — Gained the whole of Cotton (375 acres, pop. 33 in 1931) and part of Leese (389 acres, pop. 56 in 1931), and lost part to Lach Dennis (113 acres, pop. 13 in 1931)
  • 1982 April 1 — Lost part to Holmes Chapel (comprising the area of the former civil parish of Cotton)
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Maps

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Politics & Government

  • Congleton Rural Sanitary District (1875-94)
  • Congleton Rural District (1894-1974)
  • Congleton (1974-2009)
  • Cheshire East (2009+)
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Poor Houses, Poor Law

  • Congleton
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Voting Registers

  • South Cheshire (1832-67)
  • Mid Cheshire (1868-85)
  • Knutsford (1885-1974)