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CRAMLINGTON, a chapelry in St. Andrew parish, Northumberland; on the North Eastern railway, near the river Blythe, 6¾ miles SSE of Morpeth. It has a station on the railway, and a post office, of the name of Cramlington, Northumberland. Acres, 3, 492. Real property, £37, 417; of which £25, 451 are in mines. Pop., 3, 301. Houses, 675. The property is divided among three. Coal is largely worked. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Durham. Value, £100.* Patron, Sir M. W. Ridley, Bart. A new church, at a cost of about £3, 000, was built in 1868.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
Administrative units: | Newcastle upon Tyne St Andrew CP/Ch Northumberland AncC |
Place: | Cramlington |
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