Chopwell Colliery, North Pit

HER Number:
6933

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Chopwell Colliery, North Pit

Place:
Chopwell

Map Sheet:
NZ16SW

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Coal Mining Site

Site Type: Specific:
Colliery

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Opened in 1800. 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:
122

Northing:
605

Grid Reference:
NZ122605

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