The new town of Crewe was founded next to the railway station in the township of Monks Coppenhall which, with the township of Church Coppenhall, formed the ancient parish of Coppenhall.[7] The railway station was named after the township of Crewe (then, part of the ancient parish of Barthomley) in which it was located.[8] Eventually, the township of Crewe became a civil parish in its own right also named, rather confusingly, Crewe.[9] This civil parish changed its name to Crewe Green in 1974 to avoid confusion with the adjacent town, which had been made a municipal borough in 1877.[10]