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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Amble like this:
AMBLE, a township in Warkworth parish, Northumberland; on the coast, and on the Coquet branch railway, 1½ mile SSE of Warkworth. It contains a village of its own name, well-built and chiefly modern; has a post office‡ under Acklington, Independent, Wesleyan, and Roman Catholic chapels, and extensive coal-mines; and carries on commerce at Coquet harbour. Acres, 1,142. Pop., 1,275. Houses, 26 4.
Amble is now part of NORTHUMBERLAND Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTHUMBERLAND has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Amble itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Amble in Northumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/625
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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