| Description | A Particular of the Estates of The Right Honourable John Lord Crewe in the several Townships of Crewe, Barthomley, Weston, Greasty, Warmingham, Elton and Tetton in the County of Chester made from a Survey taken in the year 1827 (map not included).
Crewe Hall Housekeeper's Inventory 1876-90. Includes a photograph of the painting of Mrs Crewe and Mrs Tempest kept in the Cain and Abel Dressing Room.
Transcription of the Crewe Hall Housekeeper's Inventory 1876-90 (Transcribed by the Wellcome Foundation. Includes index and specimen copies of the original manuscript)
Inventory of Entry on the Occasion of the Requisition by the War Office. Western Command. 20 Oct 1939. Inventory produced by Louis Taylor and Sons Auctioneers, Valuers, Land and Estate Agents. Includes plan of Crewe Hall and a detailed report on the condition of the property and its fittings.
Duplicate copy of the 1939 inventory, with the addition of a Schedule of Condition of the Old Offices, Crewe Hall, Crewe, taken by the War Department on 19th May 1941.
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| Administrative History | The Duchy of Lancaster is a private estate owned by Her Majesty The Queen, as Duke of Lancaster. The rural estates consist of 18,433 hectares of land in England and Wales and comprise commercial, agricultural and residential properties, the majority of which are in Lancashire, Yorkshire, Cheshire, Staffordshire and Lincolnshire.
The holdings of the Duchy of Lancaster are administered in eight separate units, known as Surveys. There are five Rural Surveys (Cheshire, Lancashire, Staffordshire, Yorkshire and Southern), covering approximately 18,540 hectares of land in England and Wales. The Cheshire Survey is comprised mainly of a large rural estate to the east of Crewe. This estate, which extends to 1,380 hectares, is centred on the historic properties of Crewe Hall and Crewe Hall Farm.
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