National Gazetteer (1868) - Cramlington
"CRAMLINGTON, a chapelry in the parish of St. Andrew, eastern division of
Castle ward, in the county of Northumberland, 4½ miles S.W. of Blyth, and 9
N.E. of Newcastle. It is situated near the coast, and has a station on the
North-Eastern railway. The village is large, and many of the inhabitants
are engaged in the collieries and mines, which constitute nearly
four-fifths of the real property of the parish. The living is a perpetual
curacy* in the diocese of Durham, value £100, in the patronage of Sir M. W.
Ridley, Bart. The church, dedicated to St. Nicholas, is a neat stone
structure, and contains tombs of the Lawson family."
[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of
Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
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