In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Shavington like this:
SHAVINGTON-CUM-GRESTY, a township, with a village of S. and a hamlet of G., in Wybunbury parish, Cheshire; near the Grand Junction railway, 3½ miles E of Nantwich. Acres, 1, 132. Real property, £2, 592. Pop. in 1851, 453; in 1861, 629. Houses, 137. The increase of pop. arose from the erection of dwelling-houses in connexion with the Crewe railway works. ...
The manor belongs to Sir H. D. Broughton, Bart. S. Hallwas the seat of the Woodnoths, and the birth-place of the antiquary John Woodnoth; and is now a farm-house. There are Wesleyan, Primitive Methodist, and U. Free Methodist chapels.
Shavington through time
Shavington is now part of Crewe and Nantwich district. Click here for graphs and data of how Crewe and Nantwich has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Shavington itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Shavington, in Crewe and Nantwich and Cheshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2153
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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