Colwell is a hamlet in the civil parish of Chollerton, in Northumberland, England.

There is archaeological evidence of Iron Age inhabitance on the Blue Crag.

There was a chapel in the northern area of the hamlet that fell into disrepair by 1770.

[1] In 1848, Colwell and Great Swinburn were recorded as a joint township in Chollerton civil parish, with a combined population of 393.

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