A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
CREWE, a township and a chapelry in Barthomley parish, Cheshire. The township lies on an affluent of the river Weaver, adjacent to the Northwestern railway, 1¼ mile E of the town of Crewe. It gives name and title to the noble family of Crewe. Post town, Crewe. Acres, 1, 193. Real property, £3, 826. Pop., 387. Houses, 61. Crewe Hall, the seat of Lord Crewe, was built in the time of James I. after designs by Inigo Jones; was destroyed by fire in 1866; was variously restored, rebuilt, and enlarged, in 1867-9; and is surmounted by a tower.—The chapelry was constituted in 1857; bears the name of Crewe-Green; and is conterminate with the township. The living is a vicarage in the dio. of Chester. Value, £150.* Patron, Lord Crewe.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township and a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Barthomley AP/Tn/CP Crewe Tn/CP Cheshire AncC |
| Place names: | CREWE | CREWE GREEN |
| Place: | Crewe Green |
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