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
A Vision of Britain through Time includes a large library of local statistics for administrative units. For the best overall sense of how the area containing Cambois has changed, please see our redistricted information for the modern district of Wansbeck. More detailed statistical data are available under Units and statistics, which includes both administrative units covering Cambois and units named after it.
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