In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Cambo like this:
CAMBO, a township and a chapelry in Hartburn parish, Northumberland. The township lies near an affluent of the river Wansbeck, and near the Wansbeck Valley railway, in the vicinity of Scot's Gap station, 11 miles SE by S of Otterburn; and has a post office‡ under Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Acres, 630. ...
Pop., 111. Houses, 26. The chapelry is much more extensive than the township; and was constituted in 1844. Rated property, £7,697. Pop., 780. Houses, 151. The property is divided between two. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Durham. Value, £118. Patron, the Vicar of Hartburn. The church is good.
Cambo through time
Cambo is now part of Castle Morpeth district. Click here for graphs and data of how Castle Morpeth has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Cambo itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Cambo, in Castle Morpeth and Northumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/8880
Date accessed: 26th April 2024
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