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Sweeney Hall, Shropshire
Sweeney Hall in Oswestry, Shropshire, is a building that is grade II listed on the English Heritage Register. It was built in 1805 by Thomas Netherton Parker on the site of a 17th-century residence. It was the home of many notable residents over the next two centuries and is today a hotel and wedding venue. History Thomas Netherton Parker and his wife Sarah Browne built the present Sweeney Hall. Thomas was the son of John Parker, a silversmith in the firm Parker and Wakelin. He owned the White House (Longdon Hall) in Longdon, Worcestershire and when he died in 1796 Thomas who was his only child inherited the property. Sarah was a descendant of Thomas Baker who built the first Sweeney residence in 1640. His grave and several others are still maintained in the grounds of the present Hall. Sarah inherited this property in 1783 when her uncle died. She brought it with her to the Parker family when she married Thomas. Thomas and Sarah were married in 1796 and to commemorate they commi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sweeney Hall Hotel - Geograph
Sweeney may refer to: People *Sweeney (name) *Clan Sweeney, an Irish clan of Scottish origin Places *Sweeney Mountains, Palmer Land, Antarctica *Sweeney Ridge, a national park in California, United States Arts and entertainment *''Buile Shuibhne, The Madness of Sweeney'', a mediaeval Irish legend *''Sweeney'' an Australian bush ballad (1893) by Henry Lawson *Sweeney Agonistes, an abandoned "Aristophanic Melodrama" by T. S. Eliot; also two poems, "Sweeney Erect" and "Sweeney Among the Nightingales" from Eliot's ''Poems'' (1920) *''The Sweeney'', a British television series *''Sweeney!'', a spin-off film of the TV show *''Sweeney 2'', the 1978 sequel *''The Sweeney (2012 film)'' *The Sweeney: Paris, an alternative name for the French film The Squad (2015 film), a remake of the 2012 film *The Sweeney, British band formed by Murray Torkildsen Other uses * London slang for the Flying Squad, a branch of the Metropolitan Police Service See also * Sweeny (other) * Justice S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
