SWETTENHAM, a parish in the hundred of
NORTHWICH, county palatine of CHESTER, comprising
the townships of Kermincham and Swettenham, and
containing 435 inhabitants, of which number, 259 are
in the township of Swettenham, 5 miles (N. W.) from
Congleton. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry
and diocese of Chester, rated in the king's books at
£5. 1. 3., and in the patronage of the Rev. J. D'Arcey.
The church is a brick structure, with a tower, forming
a conspicuous object in the romantic scenery on the
banks of the Dane.