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    Chopwell is a village in the Gateshead district, in the county of Tyne and Wear, England, 3 miles (4.8 km) west of Rowlands Gill and 1 mile (1.6 km) north...
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  • Chopwell Colliery was a coal mine situated at Chopwell, in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear. The pit was first sunk in 1781, and was closed on 25 November 1966...
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    and other prominent figures such as miners' leaders, or politicians. Chopwell, often referred to as "Little Moscow", has the only banner (the 1955 version)...
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    and Medomsley. The Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead wards of: Blaydon; Chopwell and Rowlands Gill; Crawcrook and Greenside; Ryton, Crookhill and Stella;...
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    Richard Brown (born 22 May 1945; in Chopwell, County Durham), better known by his stage name of Ricky Fenson, also known as Rick Brown, is a British bass...
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    he presented Chopwell Soviet, a 30-minute programme on BBC Radio 4 that reviewed the Chopwell miners 80 years after the village of Chopwell became known...
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  • Tyne, Durham and Northumberland, including Bollyhope Quarry (Durham), Chopwell Woods (Gateshead) and Eshott Hall (Northumberland) which was used for the...
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    Chopwell and Rowlands Gill Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Michael McNestry 1,681 66.8 +5.1 Conservative Louise Beatrice Prince 402 16.0 −3.5 Liberal...
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    Chopwell and Rowlands Gill Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Jamie Joe Park 1,916 70.9 +4.1 Conservative Alexander Robert Telford 419 15.5 −0.5 Liberal...
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  • outside Chopwell in southern Northumberland, England. It is 4.5 miles (7.3 km) southeast of Stocksfield and 1 mile (1.8 km) northwest of Chopwell. The hamlet...
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  • of the valley, and separates the nearby villages of Blackhall Mill and Chopwell. Although situated in County Durham, Low Westwood has a Newcastle-upon-Tyne...
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    upon Tyne. It is also situated close to the villages of Stocksfield and Chopwell as well as to the town of Hexham. It offers views along the Tyne Valley...
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    Derwent for ten miles (16 km), and included the mining communities of Chopwell and High Spen, the villages of Rowlands Gill, Blackhall Mill, Barlow, Winlaton...
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  • McNestry, who was born in Chopwell, County Durham, started his footballing career playing for his home town club Chopwell Institute. In 1926 he had an...
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    transferred to Consett. The Borough of Gateshead wards of Birtley, Blaydon, Chopwell and Rowlands Gill, Crawcrook and Greenside, Lamesley, Ryton, Whickham North...
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    office. The wards are: Birtley Blaydon Bridges (Gateshead town centre) Chopwell and Rowlands Gill Chowdene Crawcrook, Greenside and Clara Vale Deckham...
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  • of representatives. Chopwell and Maerdy have a more similar history, with both areas once housing coal mining industries. Chopwell was first tagged as...
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  • a British coal miner, trade unionist, and Labour Party politician from Chopwell in County Durham. He sat in the House of Commons from 1956 to 1979 as the...
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  • John Clavering (19 July 1698 – 23 May 1762) of Chopwell Hall, Chopwell, formerly County Durham, now Tyne and Wear, was a member of a junior branch of...
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    merchant; and secondly, in 1706, to Mary, daughter of John Clavering, of Chopwell, Durham. The latter marriage seems to have been based on Cowper's admiration...
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  • Clavering (1625–1675) (who had married the heiress to the estate at Chopwell Hall, Chopwell, Co Durham) married William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper in 1706. Their...
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    married as his second wife Mary Clavering, daughter of John Clavering, of Chopwell, County Durham. Lord Cowper was succeeded by his son, the second Earl....
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    Closed Berwick upon Tweed Blyth Carville Chopwell Colliery Close Consett Darlington Derwenthaugh Coke Works Dunston Forth Banks Horden Colliery Lemington...
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    Closed Berwick upon Tweed Blyth Carville Chopwell Colliery Close Consett Darlington Derwenthaugh Coke Works Dunston Forth Banks Horden Colliery Lemington...
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    Medomsley into the A691 immediately south of the village of Leadgate. Chopwell and Blackhall Mill lie to the north, on the opposite side of the River...
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    William Cowper, and his second wife Mary, daughter of John Clavering of Chopwell, County Durham. He later assumed the additional surname of Clavering on...
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    in Jewish East London. Indeed, Maerdy in the Rhondda Valley along with Chopwell in Tyne and Wear were two of a number of communities known as Little Moscow...
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  • English professional footballer who played as an inside forward. Born in Chopwell, Cairns played for Consett, Blackburn Rovers, Rochdale, Southport and Wigan...
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  • information Full name Harold Wallbanks Date of birth 27 July 1921 Place of birth Chopwell, England Date of death April 1993 (1993-05) (aged 71) Place of death Whitehaven...
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    Closed Berwick upon Tweed Blyth Carville Chopwell Colliery Close Consett Darlington Derwenthaugh Coke Works Dunston Forth Banks Horden Colliery Lemington...
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