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Crewe is a town in south Cheshire , England . It is the major town in the Borough and Parliamentary Constituency of Crewe And Nantwich , where it is the only Unparished Area of the borough. According to the 2001 census the urban area had a population of 67,683. It is twinned with Mâcon in France and Bischofsheim , near Mainz , Germany . Crewe is perhaps best known for its association with the Railway industry, being a major junction and once home to a Bustling Railway Works . From 1946 to 2002 it was the home of Rolls-Royce motor car production. From the end of 2002 Rolls-Royce production ceased at Crewe while the ''Pyms Lane'' factory on the west of the town now produces Bentley motor cars exclusively. HISTORY Crewe did not come to prominence until the late 1830s, when the Grand Junction Railway (GJR) company chose it as the site for its Locomotive Works (known in the surrounding area simply as Crewe Works) and Crewe Railway Station . Guardian newspaper article, ''The beauty of Crewe'' (6 December 2005). Retrieval Date: 10 August, 2007. The town of Winsford , situated seven miles north of Crewe, rejected an earlier original building plan. Subsequently local landowners from neighbouring Nantwich (located four miles away) prevented the second choice plan to locate the building in their town. When the GJR opened its station in fields near Crewe Hall in 1837, the population of Crewe (c. 1831), the nearest Cheshire village, was just 70. A new town grew up, in the parishes of Monks Coppenhall and Church Coppenhall, alongside the increasingly busy station, with the population expanding to reach 40,000 by 1871. GJR chief engineer Joseph Locke helped lay out the town. The town has a large park, Queen's Park (laid out by engineer Francis Webb ), the land for which was donated by the London And North Western Railway (successor to the GJR). (Rumour has it that they did this to prevent the Great Western Railway from building a railway line through it but there is no evidence for this). Crewe & Nantwich Borough Council web page on Queen's Park states: "This can now be totally dispelled as records show the LNWR Co. originally thought their line to Chester would run alongside the river. However, it was discovered the ground was not firm enough and a more northerly route was decided upon. Had the original thought gone ahead it would have taken the land that was eventually used for Queens Park? It's obvious that a rumour became mixed with a proposal to open a station on the present Chester line called Queens Park Halt. To further clarify the situation an entry on the 18th December 1886, in the Minute Book of the Board of Directors of the LNWR, refers to the area being given for a public park." The railway provided an endowment towards the building and upkeep of Christ Church. Until 1897 its vicar, non-conformist ministers and schoolteachers received concessionary passes, the school having been established in 1842. The company provided a doctor's surgery with a scheme of health insurance. A gasworks was built and the works water supply was adapted to provide drinking water and a Public Bath s. The railway also opened a Cheese market in 1854 and a clothing factory for John Compton who provided the company uniforms, while McCorquodale of Liverpool set up a printing works. Nevertheless, the dominance of the railway industry was such that times of recession were keenly felt. TRANSPORT Crewe Railway Station is less than a mile from Crewe town centre, although politically it was not incorporated into the then-Borough of Crewe until 1937. It is one of the largest stations in north-west England and a major interchange station on the West Coast Main Line , and has 12 platforms in use and has a direct service to London (Euston) (2/hour, the average duration is now 1 hour 45 minutes), Liverpool , Manchester , Birmingham , Glasgow , Cardiff , Stoke-on-Trent and many other cities. It is on the A530 and A534 and less than 10 miles from the M6 Motorway . The main bus company in Crewe is Arriva, which operates in Crewe and the surrounding towns, villages. First PMT operates bus service 20 from Hanley to Leighton Hospital every twenty minutes. EDUCATION Primary Schools
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Colleges of Higher Education LOCAL ECONOMY Ryman , the national stationers have their headquarters on ''Savoy Road'' (A532), on south of the town. There is a Morrisons on ''Dunwoody Way'', a Tesco on ''Vernon Way'', and an ASDA in the Victoria Centre; all in the town centre. There are plans to revamp the Town centre, according to the latest news this is due to start in 2008 with almost half the town centre to be rebuilt with a new street created (another set of plans have been submitted in early 2007, meaning that the revamp is now unlikely to start until 2009). There are also plans to revamp the Railway station. Plans to revamp the Queens Park are already underway. SPORTS Crewe's sporting claim to fame is that it is home to , reaching the First Division (ie: the second tier of the professional pyramid) for five seasons from 1997-2002, being relegated to the Second Division in the 2002-03 season but being promoted back to the First Division after only one season. At the end of the 2005-06 season, Crewe were relegated to the third tier (renamed to League One) again. Crewe is also home to Crewe Wolves Rugby League Club , also known as Crewe and Nantwich Rugby Union Football Club (or Crewe and Nantwich RUFC) who play in the Rugby League Conference . Crewe and Nantwich RUFC. Retrieval Date: 10 August, 2007. TRIVIA is a fine example of Edwardian theatre design.]]
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