Shavington cum Gresty
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| Population | 4,519 (2011) |
| OS grid reference | SJ698513 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | CREWE |
| Postcode district | CW2 |
| Dialling code | 01270 |
| Police | Cheshire |
| Fire | Cheshire |
| Ambulance | North West |
| EU Parliament | North West England |
| UK Parliament | |
Shavington cum Gresty is a civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It lies to the south of Crewe. It includes the large village of Shavington (at SJ699518), which lies 2½ miles south of Crewe, as well as the smaller settlements of Dodds Bank, Park Estate, Puseydale, Sugar Loaf and part of Goodall's Corner. Nearby villages include Basford, Hough, Willaston, Wistaston and Wybunbury. The total population of the civil parish is a little under 5,000.
Shavington appears in the Domesday survey as Santune; it was then held by William Malbank, who held much of the land in the Nantwich hundred. In the 19th century, Shavington had four Nonconformist chapels, only one of which remains as a place of worship.
The village was first victim of air raid damage in Cheshire in the Second World War when on 19 July 1940 six high explosive bombs fell, breaking windows over a mile radius and damaging the road, but no casualties were caused.
Shavington cum Gresty is administered by Shavington Cum Gresty Parish Council. From 1974 the civil parish was served by Crewe and Nantwich Borough Council, which was succeeded on 1 April 2009 by the new unitary authority of Cheshire East. Shavington cum Gresty falls in the parliamentary constituency of Crewe and Nantwich, which has been represented by Edward Timpson since a by-election in 2008.
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