Colwell is a hamlet in the civil parish of Chollerton, in Northumberland, England. It is about 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. In 1848, Colwell and Great Swinburn were recorded as a joint township in Chollerton civil parish, with a combined population of 393.
Governance
Colwell is in the parliamentary constituency of Hexham.
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