Cambois Colliery

Cambois Colliery Cambois Colliery, Northumberland 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 Staithes 7 houses
Mr Moore, colliery Manager
1 h

ouse Mood & Scott 2 houses
Stable Cottage 1 house
Schoolmaster's House
(at Boca Chica) 1 house
Sea View 12 houses
Quality Row 18 houses
Sinker's Row 20 houses
Chapel Row 20 houses
Mawburn Terrace 30 houses
Gee's Houses 30 houses
Watergate 29 houses
Cowgate 26 houses
Bridge Street 40 houses
Boca Chica 46 houses
Boat House Terrace 46 houses
Mr Freeman 5 houses
New Cottages 18 houses
Store Row Institute Row 3 houses

14/12/2019

Ellington Colliery memories from the past

05/12/2019

Take a trip back to the past, what do you remember?

A Sad Photo
08/09/2019

A Sad Photo

Cambois Colliery

06/09/2019

Originally broadcast 12 January 1972 This film depicts various scenes, interviews and references to the Durham coal mines and lives of the miners and their f...

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