Colwell, Northumberland

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]

Colwell is in the parliamentary constituency of Hexham.