Colonel William A. Phillips

Chopwell is a village in the Gateshead district, in the county of Tyne and Wear, England, 3 miles (4.8 km) west of Rowlands Gill and 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Hamsterley. At the 2011 Census, it had a population of 9,395.^[2]

In 1150, Bishop Pudsey granted the Manor of Chopwell to the first Abbot of Newminster. Newminster Abbey retained possession of the manor until the dissolution of the Monasteries in 1536.^[3]

Traditionally an area of coal mining, Chopwell was nicknamed "Little Moscow" because of the strong support for the Communist Party. Chopwell counts "Marx Terrace" (after Karl Marx) and "Lenin Terrace" (after Vladimir Lenin) among its street names, and during the 1926 General Strike the Union Flag at the council offices was taken down and replaced with the Soviet flag. Another notable street, site of the former Chopwell Junior School, "Fannybush Lane", was renamed "Whittonstall Road" by the local authority in the 1990s after its street sign was repeatedly stolen.

In 1974, Chopwell became part of the metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear and the metropolitan borough of Gateshead, after previously being part of the administrative county of Durham.

Civil parish

Chopwell was formerly a township in the parish of Winlaton.^[4] From 1866 Chopwell was a civil parish in its own right, until on 1 April 1937 the parish was abolished to form Blaydon parish; in 1931 the population of the parish had been of 9,784.^[5]

References

^ "North East England (United Kingdom): Counties and Unitary Districts & Settlements - Population Statistics, Charts and Map".
^ "Gateshead ward population 2011". Retrieved 30 January 2016.
^ "ASAPLive - Gateshead Places - Chopwell". Archived from the original on 13 September 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
^ "History of Chopwell, in Gateshead and County Durham". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
^ "Chopwell CP/Tn". A Vision of Britain through Time. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 27 December 2023.

External links

Media related to Chopwell at Wikimedia Commons

[1] "North East England (United Kingdom): Counties and Unitary Districts & Settlements - Population Statistics, Charts and Map".

[2] "Gateshead ward population 2011". Retrieved 30 January 2016.

[3] "ASAPLive - Gateshead Places - Chopwell". Archived from the original on 13 September 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2014.

[4] "History of Chopwell, in Gateshead and County Durham". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 6 April 2023.

[5] "Chopwell CP/Tn". A Vision of Britain through Time. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 27 December 2023.

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Places in Tyne and Wear
Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead	Gateshead Bensham Bill Quay Birtley Blaydon Carr Hill Chopwell Chowdene Deckham Dunston Felling Kibblesworth Lamesley Leam Lane Estate Low Fell Marley Hill Pelaw Rowlands Gill Ryton (Greenside) Saltwell Sheriff Hill Team Valley Wardley Whickham Windy Nook Whitehills Estate
City of Newcastle upon Tyne	Gosforth Newcastle upon Tyne Arthurs Hill Battlefield Benwell Black Callerton Blakelaw Blucher Brenkley Brunswick Byker Chapel House City Centre Cochrane Park Cowgate Coxlodge Dene Denton Denton Burn Dinnington East Denton Elswick Fairways Fawdon Fenham Great Park Haymarket Hazlerigg Heaton High Heaton Jesmond Kenton Kingston Park Lemington Manors Newburn North Kenton Ouseburn Parklands Sandyford Scotswood Shieldfield Slatyford South Gosforth Spital Tongues Throckley Walbottle Walker Walkergate Walkerville West Denton West Jesmond Westerhope Westgate Wingrove Woolsington
Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside	North Shields Wallsend Whitley Bay Backworth Beaumont Park Benton Burradon Cullercoats Earsdon Forest Hall Howdon Killingworth Longbenton Monkseaton Murton New York Preston Seaton Burn Shiremoor St Mary's Island Tynemouth Wellfield Whitley Lodge Wideopen Willington Quay
Metropolitan Borough of South Tyneside	Hebburn Jarrow South Shields The Boldons Brockley Whins Cleadon Harton Marsden Monkton Tyne Dock West Harton Westoe Whitburn
City of Sunderland	Hetton-le-Hole Houghton-le-Spring Sunderland Washington Ashbrooke Barnes Bishopwearmouth Burdon Carley Hill Castletown Chilton Moor Claxheugh Cox Green Downhill Doxford Park Easington Lane East Rainton Elstob Farm Farringdon Fatfield Fence Houses Ford Estate Fulwell Gilley Law Grangetown Grindon Harraton Hastings Hill Hendon Herrington High Moorsley Hill View Hollycarrside Humbledon Hylton Castle Leechmere Marley Pots Middle Rainton Millfield Monkwearmouth Newbottle North Haven North Hylton Pallion Pennywell Penshaw Philadelphia Plains Farm Rickleton Redhouse Roker Ryhope Seaburn Seaburn Dene Shiney Row Silksworth South Bents South Hylton Southwick Springwell Springwell Village Sunderland City Centre Sunderland Docks Sunniside Town End Farm Thorney Close Tunstall Warden Law Witherwack

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