In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Cramlington like this:
CRAMLINGTON, a chapelry in St. Andrew parish, Northumberland; on the North Eastern railway, near the river Blythe, 6¾ miles SSE of Morpeth. It has a station on the railway, and a post office, of the name of Cramlington, Northumberland. Acres, 3, 492. Real property, £37, 417; of which £25, 451 are in mines. Pop., 3, 301. Houses, 675. The property is divided among three. Coal is largely worked. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Durham. Value, £100.* Patron, Sir M. W. Ridley, Bart. A new church, at a cost of about £3, 000, was built in 1868.
Cramlington through time
Cramlington is now part of Blyth Valley district. Click here for graphs and data of how Blyth Valley has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Cramlington itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Cramlington, in Blyth Valley and Northumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/981
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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