Swettenham is a village and
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...
in the unitary authority of
Cheshire East
Cheshire East is a unitary authority area with borough status in Cheshire, England. The local authority is Cheshire East Council, which is based in the town of Sandbach. Other towns within the area include Crewe, Macclesfield, Congleton, Wilms ...
and the ceremonial county of
Cheshire
Cheshire ( ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in North West England. It is bordered by Merseyside to the north-west, Greater Manchester to the north-east, Derbyshire to the east, Staffordshire to the south-east, and Shrop ...
, England. According to the 2001 Official UK Census, the population of the entire civil parish was 248,
[ Official 2001 Census Figures.]
Retrieval Date: 13 August 2007. increasing to 291 at the 2011 Census.
The civil parish includes the hamlet of Kermincham.
The place-name 'Swettenham' is first attested in the
Pipe Rolls
The Pipe rolls, sometimes called the Great rollsBrown ''Governance'' pp. 54–56 or the Great Rolls of the Pipe, are a collection of financial records maintained by the English Exchequer, or Treasury, and its successors, as well as the Exche ...
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'.
Within the parish is the Swettenham Arms pub and restaurant, Kermincham Hall,
Swettenham Meadows Nature Reserve (managed by
Cheshire Wildlife Trust) and the Lovell Quinta Arboretum (managed by Tatton Garden Society since 2003
). The arboretum was founded by astronomer Sir
Bernard Lovell, who lived at Swettenham from 1948 until his death in 2012.
The parish is separated from the adjoining parish of
Brereton by the
River Dane to the south. The parish is bounded by
Lower Withington to the north,
Marton and
Somerford Booths to the east, and
Twemlow to the west. The
Dane Valley Way long-distance footpath passes through the village on its route from
Buxton
Buxton is a spa town in the High Peak, Derbyshire, Borough of High Peak, Derbyshire, in the East Midlands region of England. It is England's highest market town, sited at some above sea level.Alston, Cumbria also claims this, but lacks a regu ...
to
Northwich
Northwich is a market town and civil parish in the Cheshire West and Chester borough of Cheshire, England. It lies on the Cheshire Plain, at the confluence of the rivers Weaver and Dane, east of Chester, south of Warrington and south of Ma ...
.
St Peter's Church
The parish church of St Peter is recorded in the
National Heritage List for England
The National Heritage List for England (NHLE) is England's official database of protected heritage assets. It includes details of all English listed buildings, scheduled monuments, register of historic parks and gardens, protected shipwrecks, ...
as a designated Grade II*
listed building
In the United Kingdom, a listed building is a structure of particular architectural or historic interest deserving of special protection. Such buildings are placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Hi ...
.
It is an active
Anglican
Anglicanism, also known as Episcopalianism in some countries, is a Western Christianity, Western Christian tradition which developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the ...
parish church
A parish church (or parochial church) in Christianity is the Church (building), church which acts as the religious centre of a parish. In many parts of the world, especially in rural areas, the parish church may play a significant role in com ...
in the
diocese of Chester. A Saxon cross, discovered during 19th-century excavations, is displayed in an alcove but the oldest surviving part of the church is the
cruck-framed sanctuary, dating from approximately 1260. The nave was added in around 1500, and the church was encased in brick in 1722, at which time the brick tower was added.
See also
*
Listed buildings in Swettenham
References
External links
www.stpeterswettenham.org.uk
Villages in Cheshire
Civil parishes in Cheshire
{{cheshire-geo-stub