Cambo, Northumberland

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Cambo
Location within Northumberland
OS grid reference NZ025855
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town MORPETH
Postcode district NE61
Dialling code 01670
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55°09′50″N1°57′43″W / 55.164°N 1.962°W / 55.164; -1.962 Coordinates: 55°09′50″N1°57′43″W / 55.164°N 1.962°W / 55.164; -1.962

Cambo is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Wallington Demesne, in Northumberland, England. It is about 11 miles (18 km) to the west of the county town of Morpeth at the junction of the B6342 and B6343 roads. The village was gifted along with the Wallington Estate to the National Trust by Sir Charles Philips Trevelyan in 1942, the first donation of its kind. It remains a National Trust village. [1] In 1951 the parish had a population of 60. [2]

Contents

There is a village school, Cambo First School, which had 46 pupils in September 2020 aged 4-9 years. [3] There is a church, a village hall and a community orchard in the village.

Governance

Cambo was formerly a township and chapelry in Hartburn parish, [4] from 1866 Cambo was a civil parish in its own right until it was abolished on 1 April 1955 and merged with Wallington Demesne. [5]

Notable people

Capability Brown, the 18th-century landscape gardener, was educated at the village school. He was born at nearby Kirkharle.

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References

  1. ↑ "Cambo, Northumberland | Co-Curate". co-curate.ncl.ac.uk. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  2. ↑ "Population statistics Cambo Tn/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time . Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  3. ↑ "Cambo First School" . Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  4. ↑ "History of Cambo, in Castle Morpeth and Northumberland". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  5. ↑ "Relationships and changes Cambo Tn/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 24 January 2022.


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