Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Swettenham

Swettenham, par., township, and vil., Cheshire - par., 2243 ac., pop. 359; township, 1010 ac., pop. 176; vil., on river Dane, 5 miles NW. of Congleton; P.O.; Swettenham Hall is the seat of the Swettenham family, who settled here before the Norman Conquest.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish, township, and village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Swettenham AP/CP       Cheshire AncC
Place: Swettenham

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