Swarland, Northumberland
Historical Description
Swarland, a village and a township in Felton parish, Northumberland, 8 miles S by W of Alnwick station on the N.E.R. Post town, Acklington; money order and telegraph office, Felton. Acreage, 2212; population, 132. An obelisk to the memory of Lord Nelson, erected by Sir W. Davison, stands in front of Swarland Hall.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Northumberland | |
Civil parish | Felton | |
Poor Law union | Alnwick | |
Ward | Coquetdale |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Swarland from the following:
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Northumberland is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Swarland are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following newspapers related to Northumberland online: