Brereton-cum-Smethwick, a village a township, and a parish in Cheshire, on the river Croke, 2 miles SE of Holmes-Chapel station on the Manchester and Crewe section of the L. & N.W.R., and 3 NE by N of Sandbach. There is a post office, of the name of Brereton, under Sandbach; money order and telegraph office, Holmes-Chapel. Acreage of township, 4599 ; population, 568. Brereton Hall was built by Sir W. Brereton, and is now the seat of the Howards. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Chester; net value, £442 with residence. The church is Perpendicular, and contains some ancient monuments. There are Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist chapels.
