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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
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.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township and a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Cambo CP/Tn Hartburn AP/Tn/CP Northumberland AncC |
| Place: | Cambo |
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