Place:Chopwell, Durham, England

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Name	Chopwell
Type	Township, Civil parish
Located in	Durham, England
See also	Winlaton, Durham, England	ancient parish in which it was a township
	Chester Ward, Durham, England	ancient county division in which it was located
	Blaydon, Durham, England	urban district of which it was part 1894-1974
	Blaydon, Durham, England	civil parish into which it was absorbed in 1955

source: Family History Library Catalog

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

"CHOPWELL, a township in Winlaton parish, Durham; on the verge of the county, at the river Derwent, 8¾ miles SW by W of Gateshead. Acres: 3,150. Real property: £2,302. Population: 563. Houses: 102. Coal is found."

Chopwell was a township in the ancient parish of Winlaton. It became a separate civil parish in 1866. From 1894 until 1937 it was part of Blaydon urban district. In 1937 the civil parish was abolished and the area was absorbed into the civil parish of Blaydon.

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Ordnance Survey map of Durham 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.
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English Jurisdictions 1851, a parish finding aid provided by FamilySearch, particularly helpful in large towns and cities.
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