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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 is now part of SHROPSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how SHROPSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Sweeney itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Sweeney in Shropshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/23066
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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