Swettenham

Swettenham is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. According to the 2001 Official UK Census, the population of the entire civil parish was 248,[1] increasing to 291 at the 2011 Census.[2] The civil parish includes the hamlet of Kermincham.

This article is about the village in England. For other uses, see Swettenham (disambiguation).

Swettenham

St Peter's Church, Swettenham
Swettenham
Location within Cheshire
Population291 (2011)
OS grid referenceSJ800671
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCongleton
Postcode districtCW12
Dialling code01477
PoliceCheshire
FireCheshire
AmbulanceNorth West
UK Parliament

The place-name 'Swettenham' is first attested in the Pipe Rolls of 1183, where it appears as Suetenhala. It appears as Swetenham in 1259 in the County Court, City Court and Eyre Rolls of Chester. The name means 'Sweta's homestead'.[3]

Within the parish is Kermincham Hall, Swettenham Meadows Nature Reserve and Quinta Arboretum,[4] both managed by Cheshire Wildlife Trust.[5][6] The Lovell Quinta Arboretum was founded by astronomer Sir Bernard Lovell, who lived at Swettenham from 1948 until his death in 2012; it has been managed by Tatton Garden Society since 2003.[6]

See also

References
  1. Official 2001 Census Figures. Retrieval Date: 13 August 2007.
  2. "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  3. Ekwall, Eilert (1936). The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names. OUP. p. 456.
  4. www.rhs.org.uk
  5. "Swettenham Valley". Cheshire Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  6. "The Lovell Quinta Arboretum". Tatton Garden Society. Retrieved 17 August 2018.

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