In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Swalwell like this:
SWALLWELL, a township, with a village, in Whickham parish, Durham; on the river Derwent, 1¼ mile S of Scotswood r. station, and 3½ W by S of Gateshead. It has a post-office under Gateshead, extensive ironworks, and chapels for United Presbyterians, Wesleyans, and Primitive Methodists. Real property, £2,652. Pop., 1,479. Houses, 190.
Additional information about this locality is available for Whickham
Swalwell through time
Swalwell is now part of Gateshead district. Click here for graphs and data of how Gateshead has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Swalwell itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Swalwell, in Gateshead and County Durham | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25676
Date accessed: 25th January 2025
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