Editing Crewe and Nantwich (section)

==History==
The Borough of Crewe and Nantwich was created on 1 April 1974 under the [[Local Government Act 1972]] by the merger of the [[municipal borough|borough]] of [[Crewe]] (an industrial town), the [[Urban district (Great Britain and Ireland)|urban district]] of [[Nantwich]] (a smaller market town), and [[Nantwich Rural District]].<ref>{{cite legislation UK|type=si|si=The English Non-metropolitan Districts (Definition) Order 1972|year=1972|number=2039|accessdate=5 September 2022}}</ref> The new district was proposed to be called just "Crewe", but the shadow authority elected in 1973 to oversee the transition to the new system successfully petitioned the government to change the name to "Crewe and Nantwich" before the district came into being.<ref>{{cite legislation UK|type=si|si=The English Non-metropolitan Districts (Names) Order 1973|year=1973|number=551|accessdate=5 September 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=New council asks for change of title |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ |access-date=5 September 2022 |work=Crewe Chronicle |date=6 December 1973 |page=8}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=It's Crewe and Nantwich Council |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ |access-date=5 September 2022 |work=Crewe Chronicle |date=24 January 1974 |page=1 |quote=The Secretary of State for the Environment has consented to the name of Crewe District Council being changed to Crewe and Nantwich District Council...}}</ref> The new district was awarded [[borough status in the United Kingdom|borough status]] from its creation, allowing the chairman of the council to take the title of mayor.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/written-answers/1974/mar/28/district-councils-and-boroughs#S5CV0871P0_19740328_CWA_145|title=District Councils and Boroughs|date=28 March 1974|work=[[Hansard|Parliamentary Debates (Hansard)]]|access-date=3 September 2022}}</ref>

In 2006 the [[Department for Communities and Local Government]] considered reorganising Cheshire's administrative structure as part of the [[2009 structural changes to local government in England]]. The decision to merge the boroughs of Crewe and Nantwich, [[Congleton (borough)|Congleton]] and [[Macclesfield (borough)|Macclesfield]] to create a single unitary authority was announced on 25 July 2007, following a consultation period in which a proposal to create a single Cheshire unitary authority was rejected.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/staffordshire/6916055.stm BBC News, 25 July 2007 - County split into two authorities.] Retrieval Date: 25 July 2007.</ref>

The Borough of Crewe and Nantwich was abolished on 1 April 2009, when the new [[Cheshire East]] unitary authority was formed.<ref>[http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2008/uksi_20080634_en_2#pt2-l1g4 Cheshire (Structural Changes) Order 2008] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090517000027/http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2008/uksi_20080634_en_2#pt2-l1g4 |date=May 17, 2009 }}</ref>