CREWE, a township in that part of the parish of
BARTHOMLEY which is in the hundred of NANTWICH,
county palatine of CHESTER, 4 miles (S. W. by S.)
from Sandbach, containing 297 inhabitants. A charity
school was founded in 1729, pursuant to the will of
Thomas Leadbeater, Esq., who bequeathed £30 for the
erection of a school-house, and £ 120 for the maintenance
of a master.