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, 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 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 Kermincham Hall, Swettenham Meadows Nature Reserve and Quinta Arboretum, both managed by Cheshire Wildlife Trust. 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.
