Tyne and Wear HER(6932): Chopwell Colliery, Pennyhill Pit - Details
6932
Gateshead
Chopwell Colliery, Pennyhill Pit
Chopwell
NZ16SW
Industrial
Coal Mining Site
Colliery
Early Modern
C19
Documentary Evidence
Opened in 1802 and closed in 1940. 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.
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604
NZ121604
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