| Country | England |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 54.919°N 1.815°W |
| Population | 3,096 |
| Metropolitan borough | Gateshead |
| Metropolitan county | Tyne and Wear |
| Region | North East England |
| Constituency westminster | Blaydon and Consett |
| Post town | NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE |
| Postcode district | NE17 |
| Postcode area | NE |
| Dial code | 01207 |
| Os grid reference | NZ119582 |
| Static image name | Chopwell.jpg |
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.[1]
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.[2]
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 Road", 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.[3] 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.[4]
See also
References
- ^ "Gateshead ward population 2011". Retrieved 30 January 2016.
- ^ "ASAPLive - Gateshead Places - Chopwell". Archived from the original on 2014-09-13. Retrieved 2014-09-12.
- ^ "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.