Broomfield
Broomfield is a locality in Hedley, Northumberland, England. Broomfield is situated nearby to the locality Horse Gate, as well as near Heavy Gate.Places of Interest
Highlights include St John the Evangelist and Chopwell Colliery.
Chopwell Colliery
Mine
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.
St Patricks Church High Spen
Church
Photo: Robert Graham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Patricks Church High Spen is situated 1½ miles east of Broomfield.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chopwell and High Spen.
Chopwell
Village
Photo: Chris Tweedy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Chopwell is a village in the Gateshead district, in the county of Tyne and Wear, England, 3 miles west of Rowlands Gill and 1 mile north of Hamsterley.
High Spen
Village
High Spen is an old mining village in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, historically part of County Durham, England. First recorded in 1379 as a small hamlet called ‘Spen’, the settlement grew in the latter half of the 19th and early 20th centuries with the growth of coal mining in the region.
Hamsterley
Village
Hamsterley is a village in County Durham, England. It is situated to the north of Consett and borders the hamlet of Low Westwood. The name Hamsterley possibly derives from the Old English ‘hamstra’, meaning a corn weevil and ‘ley’ meaning clearing, hence a clearing frequented by corn weevils, perhaps indicating the poor quality of farming in the area. Hamsterley is situated 2 miles south of Broomfield.
Broomfield
- Type: Locality
- Location: Hedley, Northumberland, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.9275° or 54° 55′ 39″ northLongitude
-1.81234° or 1° 48′ 44″ westOpen location code
9C6WW5HQ+23OpenStreetMap ID
node 389454384OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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