WESTON (near Crewe)
"WESTON, a township in the parish of WYBUNBURY, hundred of NANTWICH, county palatine of CHESTER, 6 miles (E.) from Nantwich, containing 463 inhabitants." [From Samuel Lewis A Topographical Dictionary of England (1831) ©Mel Lockie]
- Weston was a township in Wybunbury ancient parish, Nantwich hundred (SJ 7352), which became a civil parish in 1866.
- It includes the hamlets of Carters Green, Englesea Brook (part), Gorsthill, Rose Hill, Snape and Stowford.
- The population was 348 in 1801, 514 in 1851, 474 in 1901, 544 in 1951, and 969 in 2001.
Cemeteries
- Weston Cemetery, Cemetery Road. Built in 1902.
Churches
- Wybunbury: St. Chad (Church of England). The ancient parish church for the township of Weston.
- Weston by Crewe: All Saints (Church of England). The district church for Weston from 1840.
- Englesea Brook, Methodist Chapel (Primitive Methodist). Registers 1842-1957 are at the Cheshire Record Office.
- Weston, Mount Pleasant Methodist Chapel (Primitive). Built in 1854, closed in 1959.
| All Saints, Weston (near Crewe), Church of England |
| Cemetery Road (was Coppice Road), Weston (near Crewe), Cemetery |
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Civil Registration
- Nantwich (1837-1937)
- Crewe (1937-74)
- Congleton & Crewe (1974-88)
- South Cheshire (1988-98)
- Cheshire Central (1998-2007)
- Cheshire (2007-09)
- Cheshire East (2009+)
Court Records
- Nantwich (1828-1974)
- Crewe & Nantwich (1974-92)
- South Cheshire (1992+)
Gazetteers
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Historical Geography
- 1965 April 1 — Gained part of Balterley, Staffordshire (58 hectares, pop. 3 in 1961), and lost part to Balterley, Staffordshire (7 hectares, pop. 44 in 1961)
You can see the administrative areas in which WESTON (near Crewe) has been placed at times in the past. Select one to see a link to a map of that particular area.
Maps
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SJ731531 (Lat/Lon: 53.074447, -2.402964), WESTON (near Crewe) which are provided by:
- This place shown on an OpenStreetMap map.
- Google Streetview
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- OpenStreetMap
- Bing (was Multimap)
- OldMaps (Old Ordnance Survey maps.)
- Old Maps Online (Other old maps.)
- National Library of Scotland (Best site for old maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- Elgin Road Works
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.
Politics and Government
- Nantwich Rural Sanitary District (1875-94)
- Nantwich Rural District (1894-74)
- Crewe & Nantwich (1974-2009)
- Cheshire East (2009+)
Poor Houses, Poor Law etc.
- Nantwich
Voting Registers
- South Cheshire (1832-67)
- West Cheshire (1868-85)
- Northwich (1885-1915)
- Crewe (1918-74)