Davenham
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| District | Vale Royal |
| Shire county | Cheshire |
| Region | North West |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Northwich |
| Postcode district | CW8 |
| Dial code | 01606 |
| Police | Cheshire |
| Fire | Cheshire |
| Ambulance | North West |
| UK Parliament | Weaver Vale |
| European Parliament | North West England |
| List of places: UK • England • Cheshire | |
Davenham (pronounced Day'vnum) is a rural village in Cheshire and approximately 3 km south of the town of Northwich. The village is close to the A556 and A533 roads and both the River Dane and River Weaver.
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[edit] History
Davenham is recorded in the Domesday Book as Devenham. Its name means "village on the River Dane".[1]
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] Geography
Davenham is situated in the centre of the Cheshire Plain between the River Weaver and River Dane. It is surrounded by the civil parishes of Northwich, Rudheath, Byley, Bostock, Moulton and Winsford, all within the Vale Royal borough.
[edit] Population
- 1801: 327
- 1851: 552
- 1901: 706
- 1951: 2306
[edit] Church
The church of St. Wilfrid 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 Primary 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 schools.
[edit] References
- ^ Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1960)
[edit] External links
- Davenham Parish Council website
- GENUKI Website entry
- Photographs
- St. Wilfrids Church website
- Kingsmead Primary school website
| The Borough of Vale Royal, Cheshire | |
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Acton Bridge • Allostock • Alvanley • Anderton with Marbury • Antrobus • Aston • Barnton • Bostock • Byley • Comberbach • Crowton • Cuddington • Darnhall • Davenham • Delamere • Dutton • Frodsham • Great Budworth • Hartford • Helsby • Kingsley • Lach Dennis • Little Budworth • Little Leigh • Lostock Gralam • Lower Peover • Manley • Marston • Moulton • Norley • Northwich • Oakmere • Rudheath • Rushton • Sproston • Stanthorne • Sutton • Tarporley • Utkinton • Weaverham • Whitegate and Marton • Whitley • Wimboldsley • Wincham • Winsford • |
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| Unitary authorities: | Halton • Warrington |
| Boroughs/Districts: | Chester City • Congleton • Crewe and Nantwich • Ellesmere Port and Neston • Macclesfield • Vale Royal |
| Cities/Towns: | Alsager • Bollington • Chester • Congleton • Crewe • Ellesmere Port • Frodsham • Knutsford • Macclesfield • Middlewich • Nantwich • Neston • Northwich • Runcorn • Sandbach • Warrington • Widnes • Wilmslow • Winsford See also: List of civil parishes in Cheshire |
