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, and 1217 in 1951.
Boundary Changes
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)
Churches and Chapels
Sandbach: St. Mary (Church of England). The ancient parish
church for the township of Cranage.
Church Hulme: St. Luke (Church of England). An ancient
chapel to Sandbach: St. Mary, and the district church for the township of
Cranage from 1733.
