Cheshire

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Cheshire Towns & Parishes

CREWE (near Wybunbury)

• Crewe was a township in Barthomley ancient parish, Nantwich hundred (SJ 7354), which became a civil parish in 1866.

• The civill parish was renamed Crewe Green in 1984, in order to avoid confusion with the neighbouring town of Crewe (formerly known as Monks Coppenhall).

• The population was 289 in 1801, 365 in 1851, 406 in 1901, and 182 in 1951.

For the period after 1984, see Crewe Green.

Boundary Changes

• 1936 April 1 — Lost part to Monks Coppenhall (652 acres, pop. 186 in 1931)
• 1984 October 18 — Renamed Crewe Green

Churches and Chapels

• Barthomley: St. Bertoline (Church of England). The ancient parish church for the township of Crewe.
• Crewe Green: St. Michael & All Angels (Church of England). The district church for Crewe from 1857.

Local Government Districts

• Nantwich Rural Sanitary District (1875-94)
• Nantwich Rural District (1894-1974)
• Crewe & Nantwich (1974-84)

Electoral Districts

• South Cheshire (1832-67)
• West Cheshire (1868-85)
• Crewe (1885-1974)

Petty Sessional Divisions

• Nantwich (1828-1974)
• Crewe & Nantwich (1974-84)

Poor Law Unions

• Nantwich

Registration Districts

• Nantwich (1837-1937)
• Crewe (1937-74)
• Congleton & Crewe (1974-84)

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