Found a mention of Swarland in Country Life magazine from 1935, under the heading Land Settlement Association.
"An alternative to land settlements is the subsistence settlement. Mention is made of an experiment of this type being made at Swarland in Northumberland and the Upholland Scheme, where P Scott is developing the idea of enabling unemployed men to raise produce for their own consumption and exchange among themselves".
Apparently the Swarland settlement was founded by the private Fountains Abbey Land Settlement Company. Eleven of the oldest buildings at Swarland are listed. There was a Land Settlement Association farm at Stannington.
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