Description
Swettenham, a township and a parish in Cheshire. The township lies on the river Dane, 2 miles E of Holmes Chapel station on the L. & N.W.R., and 5 NW by W of Congleton. It has a post office under Congleton; money order and telegraph office, Holmes Chapel. Acreage, 1010; population, 171. Swettenham Hall is the chief residence. The parish contains also the townships of Kermincham and Davenport. Acreage, 3013; population, 423. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Chester; net value, £360 with residence. The church is on a very old foundation, and was rebuilt in 1720. A private Roman Catholic chapel stands in Swettenham Park.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
