SWARLAND, a township in that part of the parish
of FELTON which is in the eastern division of COQUETDALE
ward, county of NORTHUMBERLAND, 8 miles (S.
by W.) from Alnwick, containing 211 inhabitants. An
obelisk of white freestone, erected by the late Alexander
Davison, Esq. to the memory of Admiral Lord Nelson,
stands near Swarland Hall, and close to the great road
between Morpeth and Alnwick.