Davenham
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Davenham (pronounced Day'vnum) is a rural village in Cheshire near to the town of Northwich.
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[edit] History
Davenham originated as an Anglo Saxon village. It was originally called Daneham because of the river Dane.
In 1936 the whole of Eaton (near Davenham) and part of Leftwich civil parish (which extended into Davenham village) was added to Davenham, and in 1955 part of Davenham was added to Northwich civil parish.
Between 1996 and 2006 a large housing development was built on farmland to the north west of the village centre. The estate is known as Kingsmead and is separated from the historic village of Davenham by the A556, Northwich bypass. This area now forms the Kingsmead ward of the civil parish with five members representing the ward on Davenham Parish council. Sign posts on the various major roads provide a 'Welcome to Davenham Village'.
[edit] Population
- 1801: 327
- 1851: 552
- 1901: 706
- 1951: 2305
[edit] Church
The church of St. Wilfred at Davenham goes back to the Domesday period but the current edifice is the fourth on the site, dating from a major reconstruction between 1844 and 1870 in the Victorian Gothic revival style. The tower has a recessed spire built in 1850.
Legend says that the church was founded by St Wilfrid on a journey through Cheshire in the 7th Century, but the first documented evidence of a church on the site is an existing priest and church in 1086.
[edit] Schools
Davenham has traditionally had a Primary school, Davenham Church of England School. However the parish now includes parts of the Kingsmead development which includes Kingsmead Primary School built in 2004.
Both these schools are feeder schools to The County High School, Leftwich as well as other, more distant secondary cahools.
[edit] External links
- Davenham on Placeopedia
- GENUKI Website entry
- Photographs
- St. Wilfrids Church website
- Kingsmead Primary school website
| Ceremonial county of Cheshire | ||
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| Unitary authorities: | Halton • Warrington | |
| Boroughs/Districts: | City of Chester • Congleton • Crewe and Nantwich • Ellesmere Port and Neston • Macclesfield • Vale Royal | |
| Cities/Towns: | Alderley Edge • Alsager • Bollington • Chester • Congleton • Crewe • Ellesmere Port • Frodsham • Knutsford • Lymm • Macclesfield • Middlewich • Nantwich • Neston • Northwich • Poynton • Runcorn • Sandbach • Warrington • Widnes • Wilmslow • Winsford See also: List of civil parishes in Cheshire |
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