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Population
  
1,130

Civil parish
  
Cranage

Region
  
North West

Local time
  
Tuesday 10:50 PM

Ceremonial county
  
Cheshire

UK parliament constituency
  
Congleton

OS grid reference
  
SJ752686

Unitary authority
  
Cheshire East

Country
  
England

Dialling code
  
01477

Post town
  
Holmes Chapel

Cranage

Weather
  
8°C, Wind S at 21 km/h, 83% Humidity

Cranage is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. According to the 2001 Official UK Census, the population of the entire civil parish was 1,130.

Contents

Map of Cranage, Crewe, UK

History

The establishment of a community in Cranage is mentioned in the Domesday Book. The manor of Cranage, unlike many estates, has not remained in one family but had changed hands many times. Historically, Cranage was an agricultural area which had a wide variation of farming activities.

Cranage Hall was one of the principal dwellings in the area. It is believed that it was built in the 17th century incorporating elements of an earlier hall. Lawrence Armistead had the Hall demolished in the 19th century and the current Cranage Hall built in 1829, to a design by Lewis Wyatt. The Hall remained in possession of the Armistead family until 1920. Subsequently it was converted into part of the Cranage hospital, and on the hospital's closure became a conference centre.

The parish contains neither a church nor a chapel that is currently used. The village school was closed in 1990 as a result of the drop in the number of pupils. There is no shop or post office in the parish.

The Old Vicarage Hotel, originally built in the 17th century, provides accommodation. The Swan Inn, an earlier source of accommodation, has changed purpose and is now Swan Farm.

A Journey through Time: Holmes Chapel, Cotton and Cranage, by Annabel Capewell, Rosemary Dear, Patricia Dingle, Rodney Smith, Terry Taylor and Janet Yarwood was published in 1996.

References

Cranage Wikipedia