_Places W. of Station_. _Place E. of Station_. Hough ½ mile. Betley 2 miles. Wybunbury 1¼ — Barthomley 3 — Walgherton 2 miles. Audley 4 — Doddington 2½ — Alsager 5 — NANTWICH 4 — Talk 6 — Audlem 5 — Church Lawton 6 — Burley Dam 7 — Baddiley 7 — Wrenbury 9 — CREWE HALL, the mansion of Lord Crewe, which appears E. of the line, is a large and handsome quadrangular structure of red brick, surrounded by finely undulating grounds, and a lake of considerable extent. CREWE STATION. Distance to Birmingham, 54—Liverpool and Manchester, 43½ miles. DISTANCES BY ROADS FROM THIS STATION TO THE FOLLOWING PLACES:— _Places W. of Station_. _Places E. of Station_. NANTWICH 4 miles. Haslington 2 miles. Acton 5¼ — SANDBACH 5 — Baddiley 7½ — Astbury 10 — Wrenbury 9 — CONGLETON 11 — MALPAS 17 — Gawsworth 13½ — MACCLESFIELD 19 — NANTWICH, four miles W. of Crewe, contains 5,350 inhabitants, and has a market on Saturdays, and fairs, chiefly for cattle, on March 26, second Tuesday in June, September 4, and December 4. Previously to the Conquest, the wealth of this place consisted in its numerous brine springs. Its origin is attributed to the Britons; and its name appears to be derived from the British word _Nant_, a brook or marsh, and the Saxon _vic_, by corruption _wich_, a vill, or settlement. The latter term seems generally attached to the names of towns where salt is made. This town has had its full share of plague, pestilence, and war, in times past, and twice suffered greatly from fire, in the years 1438 and 1583. During the civil war it staunchly supported the parliament.