Swalwell is in North East England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 54.9540°, -1.6840°.

Heritage railway stations · North East England

Swalwell

Swalwell in England North East, United Kingdom.

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Swalwell is a place of interest in England North East, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.

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Swalwell may refer to: Swalwell, Tyne and Wear, English village in Gateshead, historically in County Durham Swalwell railway station, active in Gateshead between 1868 and 1960 Swalwell, Alberta, Canadian hamlet in Kneehill County Swalwell (surname)

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History

On 27 August 1640, an encampment of soldiers was gathered in the fields north of Whickham church on the slope down to Swalwell. This was part of the Royalist army of King Charles I preparing to fight the Scots. Information was soon received that the Scots led by General Leslie were crossing the river at Newburn to attack the English at Stella, after which the Whickham contingent would be threatened, and so orders were given to burn the camp at Whickham rather than let it fall into enemy hands. Many of the villagers of Whickham joined in the retreat which followed. The fire at the camp ignited a seam of coal which apparently burned for several years in various places including the Coaly…

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