Crewe Green is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Weston and Crewe Green,[1] in the unitary authority area of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The village lies 1½ miles to the east of the centre of Crewe. The parish also includes a dispersed settlement of houses and farms called Slaughter Hill, the Jacobean mansion of Crewe Hall, and the industrial estates of Crewe Hall Enterprise Park and Crewe Hall Farm.[2][3][4] Nearby villages include Haslington and Stowford.
| Crewe Green | |
|---|---|
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  Crewe Green Location within Cheshire | |
| Population | 213 (2011) |
| OS grid reference | SJ726553 |
| Civil parish | |
| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | CREWE |
| Postcode district | CW1 |
| Dialling code | 01270 |
| Police | Cheshire |
| Fire | Cheshire |
| Ambulance | North West |
| UK Parliament | |
According to the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 140,[5] increasing to 213 at the 2011 Census.[6]
History
editCrewe Green, then known as Crewe, was originally a township within the ancient parish of Barthomley. In the 12th and 13th centuries, it was the seat of the de Crewe (or de Criwa) family.[7] The manor passed to the de Praers family of Barthomley by the marriage of Johanna de Crewe to Richard de Praers in 1319.[8] Later in the 14th century it passed to the Fouleshurst (or Foulehurst) family, who held the manor jointly with Barthomley until around 1575.[8] Sir Randolph Crewe purchased the manor in 1608, and it was held by various branches of the Crewe family until 1936, when most of the land was sold to the Duchy of Lancaster.[8] The present Crewe Hall was built for Sir Randolph and dates from 1615 to 1636.[9]
Crewe Green was made a separate ecclesiastical parish in 1857, and a separate civil parish in 1866. It also lay within Nantwich Hundred, Nantwich Poor Law Union, and Nantwich Rural Sanitary District. Later on it was part of Nantwich Rural District. Changes to its boundaries were made in 1936, which included the transfer of Crewe railway station from the civil parish to the municipal borough of Crewe, adjacent to it.[7][10] In 1974 local government re-organisation saw it become part of the borough of Crewe and Nantwich. The parish was renamed in 1984 from Crewe to Crewe Green to avoid confusion with the neighbouring town.[11] On 1 April 2023 the parish was abolished to form "Weston and Crewe Green".[12]
Governance
editFrom 1974 the civil parish was served by Crewe and Nantwich Borough Council, which was succeeded on 1 April 2009 by the new unitary authority of Cheshire East .[13] Crewe Green falls in the parliamentary constituency of Crewe and Nantwich,[14] which has been represented by Kieran Mullan since 2019,[15] after being represented by Laura Smith (2017–19), Edward Timpson (2008–17) and Gwyneth Dunwoody (1983–2008).
Geography
editThe Crewe–Alsager railway line and the B5077 road ran east–west through the parish, and the Crewe and Nantwich Circular Walk runs north–south through it. Valley Brook (also known as the River Waldron) ran through the civil parish, as does Englesea Brook, which joins the Valley Brook about 300 metres (980 ft) south of the parish church, after having formed the boundary between Crewe Green and the unparished area that comprises the town of Crewe. For a short distance, the boundary then followed Valley Brook.[16] The majority of the gardens and parkland of Crewe Hall were located within the civil parish; 201 hectares (497 acres) are listed by the National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens at grade II. They contain deciduous woodland including Rookery Wood and Temple of Peace Wood.[4][17]
Landmarks
editSt Michael and All Angels Church stands in Crewe Green village.[2] The grade-I-listed Jacobean mansion of Crewe Hall, now a hotel and restaurant, is located at SJ733540.[9] Several other listed buildings on the Crewe Hall estate fall within the civil parish, including the stables quadrangle of the hall, which dates from around 1636 and is listed at grade II*.[18]
See also
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Notes
edit- ^ "Weston and Crewe Green". Mapit. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
- ^ a b Crewe (near Wybunbury), GENUKI: UK & Ireland Genealogy, retrieved 14 August 2007
- ^ Ordnance Survey (2005).SJ 739 5548 (British national grid reference system)
- ^ a b Interactive Mapping: Crewe Hall, Cheshire County Council, archived from the original on 6 April 2012, retrieved 9 February 2009
- ^ Neighbourhood Statistics: Crewe Green CP (parish), Office for National Statistics, retrieved 12 August 2007
- ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
- ^ a b Curran et al. (1984, p. 2)
- ^ a b c Speake R, Speake J. (1996) A comparison of Audley, Barthomley and Betley: their differences and similarities as revealed in three local studies. Audley Historian (Vol. 2) (ISBN 0-9529494-0-7)., Audley and District Family History Society, archived from the original on 11 April 2009, retrieved 18 January 2009
- ^ a b Historic England, "Crewe Hall (1138666)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 11 March 2008
- ^ Youngs (1991, p. 16)
- ^ "Cheshire". Local Government Boundary Commission for England. The National Archives. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
- ^ "Cheshire East Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
- ^ Cheshire (Structural Changes) Order 2008 Archived 17 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Interactive Mapping: Crewe and Nantwich, Cheshire County Council, archived from the original on 1 October 2011, retrieved 27 January 2009
- ^ Crewe & Nantwich Parliamentary constituency, BBC, retrieved 13 January 2020
- ^ Ordnance Survey (2005).SJ 727 550 (British national grid reference system)
- ^ U.K. Database of Historic Parks and Gardens: Crewe Hall, University of York, archived from the original on 10 April 2008, retrieved 12 March 2008
- ^ Historic England, "Former Stables at Crewe Hall (1138667)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 14 March 2008
References
edit- Curran, H; Gilsenan, M; Owen, B; Owen, J (1984), Change at Crewe, Chester: Cheshire Libraries and Museums
- Ordnance Survey (2005), Crewe & Nantwich (Whitchurch & Tattenhall): Sheet 257, Southampton: Ordnance Survey
- Youngs, F. A. (1991), Guide to the local administrative units of England. (Volume II: Northern England), London: Royal Historical Society, ISBN 0-86193-127-0
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