Wettenhall

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Wettenhall
Wettenhall - Little Man.jpg
The Little Man public house, Wettenhall
Wettenhall is located in Cheshire
Wettenhall
Wettenhall
Location within Cheshire
Population192 (2011)
OS grid referenceSJ621616
Civil parish
  • Wettenhall
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townWINSFORD
Postcode districtCW7
Dialling code01270
PoliceCheshire
FireCheshire
AmbulanceNorth West
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Cheshire
53°09′00″N 2°33′58″W / 53.150°N 2.566°W / 53.150; -2.566Coordinates: 53°09′00″N 2°33′58″W / 53.150°N 2.566°W / 53.150; -2.566

Wettenhall is a village (at

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SJ624614) and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The village lies 3½ miles to the south west of Winsford and 6 miles to the north west of Crewe. The parish also includes the settlements of Chapel Green and Woodside.[1] Nearby villages include Alpraham, Calveley, Cholmondeston, Church Minshull, Little Budworth and Tarporley. According to the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 135,[2] increasing to 192 at the 2011 Census.[3]

History[]

The village is listed in the Domesday Book as Watenhale and was held by Gilbert de Venables.[4] In the Norman era, Wettenhall was within the Forests of Mara and Mondrem (now Delamere Forest) and in the mid-14th century was overseen by an underforester.[5] The village's former manor house, Wettenhall Hall, dated from 1635 and was demolished in around 1930. A drawing by John Douglas reveals that it was a brick building in the Artisan Mannerist style, with three shaped gables.[6]

The population has declined since the 19th century; the historical population figures are 228 (1801), 294 (1851), 214 (1901) and 154 (1951).[1]

Governance[]

Wettenhall is administered by Cholmondeston and Wettenhall Parish Council jointly with the adjacent civil parish of Cholmondeston.[7] From 1974 the civil parish was served by Crewe and Nantwich Borough Council, which was succeeded on 1 April 2009 by the unitary authority of Cheshire East.[8] Wettenhall falls in the parliamentary constituency of Eddisbury,[9] which has been represented by Edward Timpson since 2019,[10] after being represented by Stephen O'Brien (1999–2015) and Antoinette Sandbach (2015–19).

Landmarks[]

St David's, the village church, dates from around 1870 and was designed by J. Redford and J.A. Davenport;[11] it holds services every Sunday. The Little Man is the only remaining public house;[12] the Boot and Slipper[13] was demolished in 2016.[citation needed]

Geography[]

Wettenhall village is centred on the junction of Long Lane to Alpraham and Winsford Road between Darnhall and Cholmondeston. Wettenhall Brook flows through the village.[9] The parish includes Wettenhall Wood, part of the Site of Special Scientific Interest, together with woodland in the adjacent Darnhall parish.[14][15]

Education[]

There are no educational facilities in the civil parish. Wettenhall falls within the catchment areas of Calveley Primary Academy and Tarporley High School.[9]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Genuki: Wettenhall (accessed 15 August 2007)
  2. ^ Neighbourhood Statistics: Wettenhall CP (accessed 12 August 2007)
  3. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
  4. ^ "Cheshire L–Z", The Domesday Book Online, retrieved 18 January 2020
  5. ^ Husain, pp. 56–57
  6. ^ de Figueiredo & Treuherz, p. 280
  7. ^ Parish Councils A – C, Cheshire East Council, retrieved 18 January 2020
  8. ^ Cheshire (Structural Changes) Order 2008 Archived 17 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ Jump up to: a b c Search at Cheshire East Interactive Mapping; 18 January 2020
  10. ^ Eddisbury Parliamentary constituency, BBC, retrieved 19 December 2019
  11. ^ Hartwell et al., p.665
  12. ^ Geograph: Little Man Pub, Wettenhall(accessed 15 August 2007)
  13. ^ Geograph: Boot and Slipper pub, Wettenhall (accessed 15 August 2007)
  14. ^ Natural England: Wettenhall And Darnhall Woods (accessed 16 April 2010)
  15. ^ Natural England: Nature on the Map: Wettenhall & Darnhall Woods SSSI (accessed 16 April 2010)
Sources
  • C. Hartwell, M. Hyde, E. Hubbard, N. Pevsner. The Buildings of England: Cheshire (Yale University Press; 2011) (ISBN 978 0 300 17043 6)
  • P. de Figueiredo, J. Treuherz. Cheshire Country Houses (Phillimore; 1988) (ISBN 0-85033-655-4)
  • B. M. C. Husain. Cheshire under the Norman Earls: 1066–1237. A History of Cheshire Vol. 4 (J. J. Bagley, ed.) (Cheshire Community Council; 1973)

External links[]

Media related to Wettenhall at Wikimedia Commons

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