West Chopwell
West Chopwell
HER Number
7068
District
Gateshead
Site Name
West Chopwell
Place
Chopwell
Map Sheet
NZ15NW
Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
Site Type: Broad
Farm
Site Type: Specific
Farmstead
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
West Chopwell farmhouse predates the first edition OS, probably of comparable date to the original Chopwell Hall (c1721). Much restored and converted into holiday accomodation.
Easting
412090
Northing
558640
Grid Reference
NZ412090558640
Sources
<< HER 7068 >> Rev. J.T. Fowler, 1878, The Newminster Cartulary, Surtees Society, 66 (for 1876), pp. 45-54 and passim.
Armstrong, C188, Clavering and Cowper rentals etc. 309 G4 and 5 -Northumberland Records Office
Dept. Pal. & Dip. Durham, Gibson, J. Fryer, 1793, Plan of an estate at Chopwell belonging to…Earl Cowper, 110
Dept. Pal. & Dip. Durham, Tithe Awards, 1852, Chopwell, D13
Dept. Pal. & Dip. Durham, Clayton and Gibson, 1852, Lease of coal mines in Chopwell Woods Bute, I 17
Dept. Pal. & Dip. Durham, 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1:2,500 scale, Durham V.11
W. Hutchinson, 1787, History of…Durham, II, p. 439
R. Surtees, 1820, History of…Durham, II, pp. 276-283
W. Bourn, 1896, History of the Parish of Ryton, pp. 164-9
K. Hordon & A. Wright, 1995, Coal, Community & Conflict - A History of Chopwell
J.C. Mabbitt, 2003, Tyne and Wear Museums, Chopwell Hall, Gateshead, Archaeological Assessment
Timescape Surveys, 2003, Geophysical survey at Chopwell Manor; Tyne and Wear Museums, 2004, Chopwell Hall, Gateshead - Archaeological Evaluation
Armstrong, C188, Clavering and Cowper rentals etc. 309 G4 and 5 -Northumberland Records Office
Dept. Pal. & Dip. Durham, Gibson, J. Fryer, 1793, Plan of an estate at Chopwell belonging to…Earl Cowper, 110
Dept. Pal. & Dip. Durham, Tithe Awards, 1852, Chopwell, D13
Dept. Pal. & Dip. Durham, Clayton and Gibson, 1852, Lease of coal mines in Chopwell Woods Bute, I 17
Dept. Pal. & Dip. Durham, 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1:2,500 scale, Durham V.11
W. Hutchinson, 1787, History of…Durham, II, p. 439
R. Surtees, 1820, History of…Durham, II, pp. 276-283
W. Bourn, 1896, History of the Parish of Ryton, pp. 164-9
K. Hordon & A. Wright, 1995, Coal, Community & Conflict - A History of Chopwell
J.C. Mabbitt, 2003, Tyne and Wear Museums, Chopwell Hall, Gateshead, Archaeological Assessment
Timescape Surveys, 2003, Geophysical survey at Chopwell Manor; Tyne and Wear Museums, 2004, Chopwell Hall, Gateshead - Archaeological Evaluation