Wettenhall is a village (at 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]

Wettenhall
The Little Man public house, Wettenhall
Wettenhall Location within Cheshire
Population	192 (2011)
OS grid reference	SJ621616
Civil parish	Wettenhall
Unitary authority	Cheshire East
Ceremonial county	Cheshire
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	WINSFORD
Postcode district	CW7
Dialling code	01270
Police	Cheshire
Fire	Cheshire
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Eddisbury
List of places UK England Cheshire 53.150°N 2.566°W / 53.150; -2.566

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 was demolished in 2016.[13]

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 Wettenhall And Darnhall Woods 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

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