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Crewe (/ k r uː / ⓘ) is a railway town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East in Cheshire, England. At the 2021 census , the parish had a population of 55,318 and the built-up area had a population of 74,120.
Crewe and Nantwich was, from 1974 to 2009, a local government district with borough status in Cheshire, England. It had a population (2001 census) of 111,007. [citation needed] It contained 69 civil parishes and one unparished area: the town of Crewe. It now forms part of the unitary authority of Cheshire East.
Crewe Hall is a Jacobean mansion located near Crewe Green, east of Crewe, in Cheshire, England. Described by Nikolaus Pevsner as one of the two finest Jacobean houses in Cheshire, [ 2 ] it is listed at grade I .
The CW postcode area, also known as the Crewe postcode area, [2] is a group of twelve postcode districts in England, within eight post towns. These cover much of Cheshire , including Crewe , Northwich , Congleton , Middlewich , Nantwich , Sandbach , Tarporley and Winsford , plus very small parts of Staffordshire and Shropshire .
Crewe Works is a British railway engineering facility located in the town of Crewe, Cheshire. The works, which was originally opened by the Grand Junction Railway in March 1843, employed around 7,000 to 8,000 workers at its peak.
Local government in Cheshire was reformed again in 2009, when both Cheshire County Council and Crewe and Nantwich Borough Council were abolished and the new Cheshire East unitary authority was created. [16] The Municipal Buildings are used as one of the meeting places of Cheshire East Council. [17]
The railway town of Crewe in Cheshire, England, contains 34 buildings recorded in the National Heritage List for England as designated listed buildings.Each is at Grade II, the lowest of the three gradings given to listed buildings, and applied to "buildings of national importance and special interest". [1]
Crewe Heritage Centre is a railway museum located in Crewe, England.Managed by the Crewe Heritage Trust, the museum is located between the railway station and the town centre; the site was the location of the 'Old Works' which was demolished in the early 1980s.