Colwell, Northumberland
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Colwell is a hamlet in the civil parish of Chollerton, in Northumberland, England. It is about Template:Convert to the north of Hexham.
History
There is archaeological evidence of Iron Age inhabitance on the Blue Crag. The sight contained three wells. There was a chapel in the northern area of the hamlet that fell into disrepair by 1770.[1]
Colwell was historically merged with the deserted medieval village Great Swinburn (or Swinburne).[1] In 1848, Colwell and Great Swinburn were recorded as a joint township in Chollerton civil parish, with a combined population of 393.[2]
Governance
Colwell is in the parliamentary constituency of Hexham.