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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

"SWETTENHAM, a parish in the hundred of Northwich, county Chester, 5 miles N.W. of Congleton, its post town, and 3 from Holmes Chapel railway station. The village is situated on the river Dane. The parish includes the townships of Kermincham and Swettenham. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Chester, value £255. The church is old. The parochial charities produce about £18 per annum. There is a National school for both sexes, built in 1840. The principal residence is Swettenham Hall. T. J. W. Swettenham, Esq., is lord of the manor."

"KERMINCHAM, a township in the parish of Swettenham, hundred of Northwich, county Chester, 5 miles N.W. of Congleton. It is situated near the river Dane and Manchester railway. Kermincham Lodge is the principal residence."