Chopwell, Paper Mill

HER Number

3406

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Chopwell, Paper Mill

Place

Chopwell

Map Sheet

NZ15NW

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Paper Industry Site

Site Type: Specific

Paper Mill

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

A Paper Mill and its associated Mill Race are both marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so were probably out of use by 1856.

Easting

412170

Northing

556900

Grid Reference

NZ412170556900

Sources

<< HER 3406 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 5