Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Crewe 1837 Chaloner 1860 White

Etymology

Crewe (110–6955) [kruː], Crewe 1837 Chaloner, 1860 White, a municipal borough which now includes Monks Coppenhall, Church Coppenhall 22supra , and parts of Crewe 9supra and Shavington cum Gresty 69infra . A railway town, it took its name from the railway station of Crewe built in 1837 at Woodnets Green 11supra in Crewe township. The station remained in Crewe township until 1892, the town named from it being in Monks Coppenhall, whose boundaries formed those of the borough until that date.