Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for SWARLAND

SWARLAND, a township in Felton parish, Northumberland; 8 miles S by W of Alnwick. Pop., 164. Houses, 34. An obelisk to the memory of Lord Nelson is here, and was erected by Sir W. Davison.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Felton CP/AP/Tn       Swarland CP/Tn       Northumberland AncC
Place: Swarland

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