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unusual facts about Crewe Hall


Crewe railway station

Built in fields near to Crewe Hall, it originally served the village of Crewe with a population (c. 1831) of just 70 residents.


Frances Crewe, Lady Crewe

She was accustomed to entertain, at Crewe Hall, her husband's seat in Cheshire, and at her villa at Hampstead, some of the most distinguished of her contemporaries.


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John Crewe, 2nd Baron Crewe

Crewe Hall and the rental income from the Crewe family's large estates in Cheshire and Staffordshire were inherited by his sister, Elizabeth Cunliffe-Offley.

Ranulph Crewe

After the impeachment in 1641 of the judges who had affirmed the legality of Ship money, Denzil Holles moved the House of Lords to petition the king to compensate Crewe, who seems to have passed the rest of his days in retirement, partly in London, and partly at his seat, Crewe Hall, Barthomley, Cheshire, built by him upon an estate said to have belonged to his ancestors, which he purchased from Coke in 1608.