Swarland
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Swarland is a small modern village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Newton-on-the-Moor and Swarland, in the county of Northumberland, England, situated about 7 miles south of the market t
Swarland village shop and Post Office (now closed)
Overgrass Tower
Alexander Davison
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Alexander Davison was an English businessman and government contractor. He was a close friend of Admiral Lord Nelson.
Swarland
…his son Davison Richard Grieve commissioned architect John Carr to build a new park and mansion, Swarland Hall. The new house was later the home of Alexander Davison, a friend of Horatio Nelson, who in 1807 erected the Nelson Memorial on the park. Many of the modern local street names are linked with Nelson, including…
Alexander Davison
A monument on Lanton Hill was created by Alexander for his brother and Alexanders name was added in time