[2][3][4] The new district was awarded borough status from its creation, allowing the chairman of the council to take the title of mayor.

The decision to merge the boroughs of Crewe and Nantwich, Congleton and Macclesfield to create a single unitary authority was announced on 25 July 2007, following a consultation period in which a proposal to create a single Cheshire unitary authority was rejected.

[6] The Borough of Crewe and Nantwich was abolished on 1 April 2009, when the new Cheshire East unitary authority was formed.

[21] The main administrative offices were at Delamere House on Delamere Street in Crewe, which was built as a joint facility for both the new Crewe and Nantwich Borough Council and Cheshire County Council, being completed in 1974 just before local government reorganisation took effect.

[22][23] Delamere House was later supplemented with additional offices in a large extension to the rear of the Municipal Buildings, completed in 1991.