Cambois

Cambois

Cambois Fishing Fleet
Cambois
Cambois shown within Northumberland
OS grid reference NZ305835
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town BLYTH
Postcode district NE24
Dialling code 01670
Police Northumbria
Fire Northumberland
Ambulance North East
EU Parliament North East England
UK Parliament

Cambois (/ˈkæməs/ KAM-əs) is a village in south-east Northumberland, England.[1][2] It is situated on the north side of the estuary of the River Blyth between Blyth and Ashington on the North Sea coast.

Etymology

According to earlier scholarship, the etymology of the name is probably Gaelic cambas 'bay, creek'.[3] However, the name could equally be from the Cumbric cognate of cambas, *camas 'bend in a river, bay', which would fit with Cambois's location at the confluence of Sleek Burn and the River Blyth. In either case, the spelling seems to have been influenced by French bois 'wood'.[4]

History

Winding wheel from the Old Cambois Colliery

Cambois was a township in Bedlingtonshire which, until 1844, was part of County Durham. It was a coal mining village from 1862 to week ending 20 April 1968 when Cambois Colliery closed.

Cambois is now closely related to the area known as North Blyth. The main commercial activity (2011) is the importation of alumina for the manufacture of aluminium.

In 1883, the Coal Company gave a list of the property it owned, or leased:

North Blyth Staithes7 houses
Mr Moore, colliery Manager1 house
Mood & Scott2 houses
Stable Cottage1 house
Schoolmaster's House (at Boca Chica)1 house
Sea View12 houses
Quality Row18 houses
Sinker's Row20 houses
Chapel Row20 houses
Mawburn Terrace30 houses
Gee's Houses30 houses
Watergate29 houses
Cowgate26 houses
Bridge Street40 houses
Boca Chica46 houses
Boat House Terrace46 houses
Mr Freeman5 houses
New Cottages18 houses
Store Row
Institute Row3 houses

References

  1. ↑ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 81 Alnwick & Morpeth (Rothbury & Amble) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2014. ISBN 9780319242094.
  2. ↑ "Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer" (csv (download)). www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  3. ↑ Bethany Fox, 'The P-Celtic Place-Names of North-East England and South-East Scotland', The Heroic Age, 10 (2007), http://www.heroicage.org/issues/10/fox.html (appendix at http://www.heroicage.org/issues/10/fox-appendix.html); "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-02-15. Retrieved 2009-11-30.
  4. ↑ Bethany Fox, 'The P-Celtic Place-Names of North-East England and South-East Scotland', The Heroic Age, 10 (2007), http://www.heroicage.org/issues/10/fox.html (appendix at http://www.heroicage.org/issues/10/fox-appendix.html).

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