Crewe-by-Farndon

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Crewe-by-Farndon
Location within Cheshire
Population45 (2001)
OS grid reference SJ4252
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Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town CHESTER
Postcode district CH3
Dialling code 01829
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53°03′58″N2°51′58″W / 53.066°N 2.866°W / 53.066; -2.866

Crewe-by-Farndon is a settlement and former civil parish, now in the parish of Farndon, in the borough of Cheshire West and Chester and ceremonial county of Cheshire in England. In 2001 it had a population of 45. [1] The civil parish was abolished in 2015 and merged into Farndon. [2]

There is a small Methodist Chapel, founded in 1858, located on Crewe Lane South. This was originally Primitive Methodist but is now part of the South Cheshire Circuit and the local Cheshire Hills Mission Area. [3]

The parish contained one listed building, Crewe Hill, which is designed at Grade II. [4] This grade is the lowest of the three gradings given to listed buildings and is applied to "buildings of national importance and special interest". [5]

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References

  1. Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Chester Archived 13 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2009-12-12
  2. "CREWE (near Farndon)". GENUKI. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  3. Crewe-by-Farndon Methodist Chapel
  4. Historic England, "Crewe Hill and attached cottage (1228715)", National Heritage List for England , retrieved 27 May 2013
  5. Listed Buildings, English Heritage, archived from the original on 26 January 2013, retrieved 27 May 2013