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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.
(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: | Bedlington Parish Northumberland Ancient County |
| Place names: | CAMBOIS | CAMBOIS OR CHAMBOIS | CHAMBOIS |
| Place: | Cambois |
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