Chopwell Colliery, Conclusion Pit

HER Number:
6931

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Chopwell Colliery, Conclusion Pit

Place:
Chopwell

Map Sheet:
NZ15NW

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Coal Mining Site

Site Type: Specific:
Colliery

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Opened in 1799. Chopwell Colliery opened in 1781, closed November 1966. Owned by Marquis of Bute, taken over in 1890 by Consett Iron Company Ltd until the National Coal Board took it over in 1947.

Easting:
119

Northing:
593

Grid Reference:
NZ119593

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Durham Mining Museum www.dmm.org.uk; Norman Emery, 1998, banners of the Durham Coalfield; Whellan, 1894, Directory of County Durham; D. Temple, 1997, The Colleries of Durham Vol 2