In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Cambois like this:
CAMBOIS, or Chambois, a township and a chapelry in Bedlington parish, Northumberland. The township lies on the coast, at the mouth of the river Wansbeck, near North-Seaton r. station, 2¾ miles N by W of Blythe. The chapelry was constituted in 1863. Post Town, Bedlington, Northumberland. Pop., about 3,000. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Durham. Value, £300.* Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Durham. Brown, the landscape gardener, was a native.
Additional information about this locality is available for Bedlington
Cambois through time
Cambois is now part of Wansbeck district. Click here for graphs and data of how Wansbeck has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Cambois itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Cambois, in Wansbeck and Northumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24715
Date accessed: 30th April 2024
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