In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Crewe like this:

CREWE, a township in Farndon parish, Cheshire; on the river Dee, 5¼ miles NW of Malpas. Acres, 279. Real property, £690. Pop., 102. Houses, 21.

Crewe through time

Crewe is now part of CHESHIRE WEST AND CHESTER Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how CHESHIRE WEST AND CHESTER has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Crewe itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Crewe, in Cheshire West and Chester and Cheshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2107

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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