swettenham

{{short description|Village in Cheshire, England}}

{{About|the village in England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}

{{Infobox UK place

|country = England

|official_name= Swettenham

|label_position= top

|map_type= Cheshire

|coordinates = {{coord|53.201452|-2.299887|display=inline,title}}

| population = 291

| population_ref = (2011)

|unitary_england= Cheshire East

|lieutenancy_england= Cheshire

|region= North West England

|static_image_name = St Peter's Church, Swettenham 2021.jpg

|static_image_caption = St Peter's Church, Swettenham

|static_image_alt =

|constituency_westminster= Congleton

|post_town= Congleton

|postcode_district = CW12

|postcode_area= CW

|dial_code= 01477

|os_grid_reference= SJ800671

}}

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,[http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=792547&c=Swettenham&d=16&e=15&g=427933&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779 Official 2001 Census Figures.] Retrieval Date: 13 August 2007. increasing to 291 at the 2011 Census.{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11129373&c=swettenham&d=16&e=62&g=6407469&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1457964584735&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|access-date=14 March 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics}}

The civil parish includes the hamlet of Kermincham.

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'.{{cite book |first=Eilert |last=Ekwall |author-link=Eilert Ekwall |title=The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names |date=1936 |page=456 |publisher=OUP}}

Within the parish is the Swettenham Arms pub and restaurant,{{cite web |url=https://swettenhamarms.co.uk/ |title=The Swettenham Arms |publisher=Individual Inns |access-date=8 November 2021}} Kermincham Hall, Swettenham Meadows Nature Reserve (managed by Cheshire Wildlife Trust{{cite web |url=https://www.cheshirewildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/swettenham-valley |title=Swettenham Valley |publisher=Cheshire Wildlife Trust |access-date=24 November 2020}}) and the Lovell Quinta Arboretum (managed by Tatton Garden Society since 2003{{cite web | url = https://www.lovellquintaarboretum.co.uk/ | title = The Lovell Quinta Arboretum | publisher = Tatton Garden Society | access-date=17 August 2018}}). 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.{{cite map |publisher=Ordnance Survey |title=268 Wilmslow, Macclesfield & Congleton |url= |scale=1:25000 |series=Explorer }} The Dane Valley Way long-distance footpath passes through the village on its route from Buxton to Northwich.