Editing Crewe (section)

=== Medieval ===
The name derives from an [[Old Welsh]] word ''criu'', meaning '[[weir]]' or 'crossing'.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tXucAQAAQBAJ&q=crewe+welsh+weir&pg=PA138|title=A Dictionary of British Place-Names|last=Mills|first=David|date=20 October 2011|publisher=OUP Oxford|isbn=9780199609086|access-date=19 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161120005607/https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=tXucAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA138&lpg=PA138&dq=crewe+welsh+weir&source=bl&ots=D1pm97BrvO&sig=UGBNOx93gbidhi2CsLwYLs8BqQg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwim4L-zr7XQAhWpL8AKHY3sBTE4FBDoAQgaMAA#v=onepage&q=crewe%20welsh%20weir&f=false|archive-date=20 November 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> The earliest record is in the [[Domesday Book]], where it is written as ''Creu''. The original settlement of Crewe lies to the east of the modern town and was historically a [[Township (England)|township]] in the parish of [[Barthomley]].<ref name=CreweTn>{{cite web |title=Crewe Township / Civil Parish |url=https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10156002 |website=A Vision of Britain through Time |publisher=GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth |access-date=4 January 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Harvtxt|Youngs|1991|pp=15–16}}; {{Harvtxt|Dunn|1987|p=26}}; {{Harvtxt|Ollerhead|2008|p=10}}</ref> The original settlement formally changed its name to [[Crewe Green]] in 1984 to distinguish it from the newer town to its west.<ref name=CreweGreen1984>{{cite web |title=Cheshire |url=https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20221201173827/https://www.lgbce.org.uk/resources/database-of-local-government-orders/north-west/cheshire |website=Local Government Boundary Commission for England |publisher=The National Archives |access-date=5 January 2024}}</ref>