crewe green was made a separate ecclesiastical parish in 1857, and a separate civil parish in 1866. it also lay within nantwich hundred, nantwich poor law union, and nantwich rural sanitary district. later on it was part of nantwich rural district. changes to its boundaries were made in 1936, which included the transfer of crewe railway station from the civil parish to the municipal borough of crewe, adjacent to it. in 1974 local government re-organisation saw it become part of the borough of crewe and nantwich. the parish was also renamed in 1974 from crewe to crewe green to avoid confusion with the neighbouring borough.