In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Sweeney like this:
SWEENEY, a township in Oswestry parish, Salop; 2 miles S of Oswestry. Pop., 513.
Sweeney through time
Sweeney is now part of Oswestry district. Click here for graphs and data of how Oswestry has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Sweeney itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Sweeney, in Oswestry and Shropshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/23066
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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