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| Chopwell | |
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 Derwent Street, Chopwell | |
  Chopwell Location withinTyne and Wear | |
| Population | 3,096 (2011)[1] |
| OS grid reference | NZ119582 |
| Metropolitan borough | |
| Metropolitan county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE |
| Postcode district | NE17 |
| Dialling code | 01207 |
| Police | Northumbria |
| Fire | Tyne and Wear |
| Ambulance | North East |
| UK Parliament | |
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Chopwell is a village in theGateshead district, in the county ofTyne and Wear, England, 3 miles (4.8 km) west ofRowlands Gill and 1 mile (1.6 km) north ofHamsterley. 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 thedissolution of the Monasteries in 1536.[3]
Traditionally an area ofcoal mining, Chopwell was nicknamed "Little Moscow" because of the strong support for theCommunist Party. Chopwell counts "Marx Terrace" (afterKarl Marx) and "Lenin Terrace" (afterVladimir Lenin) among its street names, and during the1926 General Strike theUnion Flag at the council offices was taken down and replaced with theSoviet 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 themetropolitan county ofTyne and Wear and themetropolitan borough of Gateshead, after previously being part of theadministrative county of Durham.
Chopwell was formerly atownship in the parish ofWinlaton.[4] From 1866, Chopwell was acivil parish in its own right, until on 1 April 1937 the parish was abolished to formBlaydon parish; in 1931 the population of the parish had been of 9,784.[5]
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