Place:Choppington, Northumberland, England

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Choppington is a village in Northumberland, in England. It is situated a short distance to the southeast of Morpeth, and north of Bedlington. It was at one time part of the three big mid-Northumberland collieries (Ashington, Bomarsund and Choppington). Older people will tell you that they worked at A, B or C.

The population of Choppington in the UK census of 2011 was 9,787.

A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Choppington from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:

"CHOPPINGTON, a township and a chapelry in Bedlington parish, Northumberland. The township lies on the river Wansbeck, and on the Morpeth and Blyth railway, 3¼ miles ESE of Morpeth; and has a station on the railway, and a post office under Morpeth. The chapelry was constituted in 1862. Population: about 3, 000. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Durham. Value: £200. The church was built in 1867, at a cost of £1,950."

Choppington was originally a township in Bedlington parish. The whole of Bedlington parish was in County Durham until 1844 when it came under the control of Northumberland county which previously governed all of the surrounding area. Choppington did not become a civil parish, but remained a part of the civil parish of Bedlington.

Research Tips

• Northumberland Archives previously known as Northumberland Collections Service and Northumberland County Record Office. Now based within Woodhorn Museum in Ashington and providing free access to numerous records for local and family historians alike.

Full postal address: Museum and Northumberland Archives, Queen Elizabeth II Country Park, Ashington, Northumberland, NE63 9YF; Phone: 01670 624455

There is a branch office in Berwick upon Tweed.

• Northumberland and Durham FHS covers both Northumberland and County Durham. The Family History Society have a research centre in Percy House in central Newcastle upon Tyne (full address on website), open Monday to Friday from 10 am to 4 pm. Browse the website to see what else the society can provide.
• Further information from GENUKI
• Ordnance Survey map of Northumberland 1832 provided by A Vision of Britain through Time. This map includes the boundaries of the various Wards (or "hundreds") in existence at that time.
• Ordnance Survey map of Northumberland 1900 provided by A Vision of Britain through Time
• Ordnance Survey map of Northumberland 1944 provided by A Vision of Britain through Time
• English Jurisdictions 1851, a parish finding aid provided by FamilySearch, particularly helpful in large towns and cities.
• Unfortunately, there is no Victoria County History for Northumberland.