Editing Crewe (section)

===Administrative history===
The original settlement of Crewe was historically a township in the parish of Barthomley.<ref name=CreweTn/> The area where the modern town developed was in the neighbouring township of Monks Coppenhall, in the parish of Coppenhall. Both Barthomley and Coppenhall parishes formed part of the [[Hundreds of Cheshire|Nantwich hundred]] of Cheshire.<ref>{{cite web |title=Monks Coppenhall Township / Civil Parish |url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10103447#tab02 |website=A Vision of Britain through Time |publisher=GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth |access-date=1 February 2025}}</ref>

In 1859, the township of Monks Coppenhall was made a [[Local Government Act 1858|local government district]], administered by an elected local board.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=22321|page=3923|date=1 November 1859}}</ref> The district's name was changed from Monks Coppenhall to Crewe in 1869.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Chaloner |first1=William Henry |title=The social and economic development of Crewe, 1780–1923 |date=1950 |publisher=Manchester University Press |location=Manchester |oclc= 3743762 |page=105 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=I4vQAAAAIAAJ |access-date=4 January 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Local Government Supplemental Act 1870 |url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukla/Vict/33-34/114/contents/enacted |website=legislation.gov.uk |publisher=The National Archives |access-date=4 January 2024}}</ref> Townships were redefined as [[civil parish]]es in 1866,<ref>{{Harvtxt|Youngs|1991|page=xv}}</ref> and whilst the local government district was renamed in 1869, the civil parish was not. As such, there was a Crewe district which contained the parish of Monks Coppenhall, but did not contain the parish of Crewe.<ref>{{Harvtxt|Youngs|1991|p=16}}; {{Harvtxt|Chambers|2007|pp=76, 94}}</ref> An old, local riddle describes the somewhat unusual states of affairs: "The place which is Crewe is not Crewe, and the place which is not Crewe is Crewe."<ref name=changeatcrewe>{{Harvtxt|Curran|Gilsenan|Owen|Owen|1984|p=2}}</ref>

[[File:Municipal Buildings, Crewe.jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[Crewe Municipal Buildings]], completed 1905]]

In 1877, the Crewe local government district was incorporated to become a [[municipal borough]].<ref name=CreweMB>{{cite web |title=Crewe Municipal Borough |url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10003349#tab02 |website=A Vision of Britain through Time |publisher=GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth |access-date=1 February 2025}}</ref> The borough council later built the [[Crewe Municipal Buildings|Municipal Buildings]] on Earle Street to serve as its headquarters, opening in 1905.<ref>{{NHLE|desc=The Municipal Buildings|num=1136190|grade=II}}</ref>

The railway station remained part of the neighbouring parish of Crewe, rather than the borough of Crewe, until 1936. The borough boundary was significantly enlarged in 1936 to absorb the parish of Church Coppenhall and parts of several other neighbouring parishes, including the area of Crewe parish around the railway station.<ref>{{Harvtxt|Ollerhead|2008|p=10}}</ref><ref name=CreweMB/> The reduced Crewe parish to the east of the town formally changed its name to ''Crewe Green'' in 1984.<ref name=CreweGreen1984/>

The borough of Crewe was abolished in 1974 under the [[Local Government Act 1972]].<ref name=CreweMB/> The area became part of the larger borough of [[Crewe and Nantwich]], also covering the nearby town of Nantwich and surrounding rural areas. The government originally proposed calling the new borough Crewe, but the shadow authority elected in 1973 to oversee the transition changed the name to ''Crewe and Nantwich'' before the new arrangements came into effect.<ref>{{cite legislation UK|type=si|si=The English Non-metropolitan Districts (Names) Order 1973|year=1973|number=551|accessdate=5 September 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=New council asks for change of title |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ |access-date=5 September 2022 |work=Crewe Chronicle |date=6 December 1973 |page=8}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=It's Crewe and Nantwich Council |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ |access-date=5 September 2022 |work=Crewe Chronicle |date=24 January 1974 |page=1 |quote=The Secretary of State for the Environment has consented to the name of Crewe District Council being changed to Crewe and Nantwich District Council...}}</ref>

In 2009, Cheshire East Council was created, taking over the functions of Crewe and Nantwich Borough Council and [[Cheshire County Council]], which were both abolished.<ref>{{cite legislation UK|type=si|si=The Cheshire (Structural Changes) Order 2008|year=2008|number=634|access-date=8 May 2024}}</ref> The area of the former borough of Crewe had been [[unparished area|unparished]] since the 1974 reforms, but following the 2009 reforms it was decided to create a parish covering the area. A new parish of Crewe was therefore created in 2013, with its parish council taking the name Crewe Town Council.<ref>{{cite web |title=Cheshire East Borough Council (Reorganisation of Community Governance) (Crewe) Order 2013 |url=https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20221202003345mp_/https://s3-eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/lgbce/__data/assets/pdf_file/0015/12057/cheshire-east-bc-crewe-parish-order-2013.pdf |website=Local Government Boundary Commission for England |publisher=The National Archives |access-date=1 February 2025}}</ref>