Cambels church yard

[AvrilG]

Not sure if this is the right area to post on. I am researching my family and have a member who was buried at the above, can anyone let me know where this is. Thank you. 

[Andy Millne]

Not heard of Cambels Church Yard. Perhaps "Cambois"?

https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/16143/

[AvrilG]

I have the obituary which says Cambels Churrch yard. My grandparents lived in Wilkinsons buildings Red row (not near Hadston) so cambois could be right. 

[Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)]

@AvrilG there used to be a Red Row on the Stakeford road just as you left Bedlington station to go to Stakeford. That red Row nolonger exists but there was a small estate build there, and part of it has a street called Red Row.

The old Red Row houses were demolished in the 1970's I think. We had a schol mate, in the late 1950's, who used to live in the old Red Row but I ca't remember what postal district etc it came under - Barrington- Sleekburn etc.

Have you any other info on this family member?

This old map shows the old Red Row but there is no church on the map for red Row.

[AvrilG]

Thanks for getting backto me. My grandparents were John and Elizabeth (nee Burrell) Morton. Their son Edward died in March 1929 judt before his 2nd birthday. It is him who I think is eas interred at the church yard. 

Thanks 

[Canny lass]

Hi

13 hours ago, AvrilG said:

Their son Edward died in March 1929 judt before his 2nd birthday. It is him who I think is eas interred at the church yard. 

Hi @AvrilG! Welcome to the forum.

If Edward was 2 years and 10 months, rather than ‘almost 2’ then I believe that the following is his obituary, published in the Newcastle Evening Chronicle on March 15 1929.

My 11-year experience of rummaging through old documents, digital or hard copy, leads me to believe that the churchyard you refer to is Cambois Churchyard. Old newspapers, and therefore digitalised copies, can vary in quality due to the ravages of time. I can understand your mistaking Cambois for Cambels. The letter ‘i’ can look very much like the letter ‘l’ in faded or blurred print (compare the ‘li’ in ‘Bedlington’ next to the MORTON name). Likewise, ‘e’ and ‘o’.

It might help you in your search to know that St Andrews (Cambois) was a small church built in the 1860s as the mission church of St Peter (West Sleekburn). West Sleekburn is often referred to as Bedlington Station, as in the obituary. St Andrews didn’t have the full status of a parish church but was supported by the parish. You could say that St Andrews was a ‘subsidiary’ of St Peters (West Sleekburn) which was the parish church of both West Sleekburn and Cambois. St Andrews was, therefore, served by the vicar of St Peters with the help of a non-stipendiary priest until its consecration in 1998 when it became a parish church. All parish records for St Andrews would be held at St Peters (West Sleekburn) until that date.

Andy has given you a link to St Andrews and here you can see where St Peters is.

Good luck with your search! I have some newspaper cuttings about Edwards death if you would like them.

 

 

[AvrilG]

Thank you so much this. You are right with rbe obituary, i got the age. wrong. The sad thing is  my mam was born one month after he died. Thank you for the information about the church. What a really helpful site this is. 

[AvrilG]

Forgot to say i have the obituary bit i woukd be interested in any other paper cuttings you may have 

[Canny lass]

@AvrilG We try to help when we can! Would you like me to post the cuttings here (they are digital copies) or would you like them sent to your private in-box?

Edited Wednesday at 18:28 by Canny lass

[AvrilG]

Could you do both if poss 

[Canny lass]

The news of Edwin's death, or rather the coroner's inquiry into Edwins death, was quite widely reported in the North East. It must have been a trying time for the family. Here are some of the newspaper reports:

 

More following.

Edited Wednesday at 18:57 by Canny lass

[Canny lass]

This report, from the Blyth News 18 March 1928 is quite long so it is in two separate files. Read them one after the other the coroner's comments are the second part.

 

[Canny lass]

I don't know if you know the area at all so I thought you might like these as well. The first, and larger, of the photos is St Andrew (Cambois) and the second, smaller, photo is St Peter (West Sleekburn. I'll get all of these off to your in-box now.

 

Edited Wednesday at 19:06 by Canny lass

[Canny lass]

22 minutes ago, Canny lass said:

The news of Edwin's death, or rather the coroner's inquiry into Edwins death

So sorry about this mistake! It should of course say Edward's death and not Edwin. My sincere apologies.

[Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)]

50 minutes ago, Canny lass said:

I don't know if you know the area at all so I thought you might like these as well:

 

@Canny lass & @AvrilG I have been checking out how many churches there was in Cambois and there were two - St Andrews and the Methodist (seaside) Chapel. 

St Andrews still exists and your first image is St Andrews. I went around the building via Google street view and there is no grave stones etc to be seen.

The Methodist chapel, according to the members on the Camboios Facebook group burn't down at the start of the 1970's and there does not appear to be a graveyard in existance.

The second photo above i recognised as it is the old Methodist Church in West Sleekburn that is now a private 'house'.

It used to be St Peters 

The following images show Red Row, Cambois Methodist Church and a 1921 map showing Red Row and Cambois.

Red Row :-

1921 map :-

   

Methodist chapel Cambois :-

Edited Wednesday at 19:55 by Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)

[Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)]

Distance from Red Row to Cambois :-

 

[AvrilG]

Hi i live on Ashington so i think i will have a drive over to have a look at where tge church was. 

Thank you for the info, 

[Canny lass]

8 hours ago, AvrilG said:

Hi i live on Ashington

@AvrilG Living in Ashington makes things a lot easier for you! Pop along to the Northumberland Archives at Woodhorn. I'm pretty certain that they will have taken care of the parish records from St Peters (West Sleekburn). You can find their opening hours at 

https://www.northumberlandarchives.com/. 

I don't think you need to book before visiting. They can do a search for Edward’s grave, verify which cemetery and give you the plot number of his grave.

I forgot to mention that St Peters (West Sleekurn) got a new cemetery when the original was full. It is located next door to the Forresters Arms on Wansbeck Terrace in West Sleekburn, and just opposite the site of the old St Peters church and cemetery. Just when it was opened, I can't be sure but it is registered by the Commonwealth War Graves  Commission as having a few war graves from WW1 so it was there at the time of Edward's death. It might be worth having a wander round the gravestones to see if any names ring a bell.

Edited Thursday at 16:31 by Canny lass

[Canny lass]

20 hours ago, Alan Edgar (Eggy1948) said:

St Andrews still exists and your first image is St Andrews. I went around the building via Google street view and there is no grave stones etc to be seen.

The Methodist chapel, according to the members on the Camboios Facebook group burn't down at the start of the 1970's and there does not appear to be a graveyard in existance.

@Alan Edgar (Eggy1948) @AvrilG St Andrews wouldn't have a graveyard as it wasn't a parish church. All burials would take place at St Peters (West Sleekburn). As for the Methodist churches in Britain, the majority didn't have graveyards either. Their members were also 'parishioners' of the churches parish and were buried in the churchyard of the parish church. The Methodist church was allowed to do christenings and marriages and at some point the Methodist ministers were even granted permission to conduct marriage services within the parish church. Multi-denominational chapels in graveyards and crematoriums, together with municipal burial grounds solved the problem.

[AvrilG]

20 minutes ago, Canny lass said:

@AvrilG Living in Ashington makes things a lot easier for you! Pop along to the Northumberland Archives at Woodhorn. I'm pretty certain that they will have taken care of the parish records from St Peters (West Sleekburn). You can find their opening hours at 

https://www.northumberlandarchives.com/. 

I don't think you need to book before visiting. They can do a search for Edward’s grave, verify which cemetery and give you the plot number of his grave.

I forgot to mention that St Peters (West Sleekurn) got a new cemetery when the original was full. It is located next door to the Forresters Arms on Wansbeck Terrace in West Sleekburn, and just opposite the site of the old St Peters church and cemetery. Just when it was opened, I can't be sure but it is registered by the Commonwealth War Graves  Commission as having a few war graves from WW1 so it was there at the time of Edward's death. It might be worth having a wander round the gravestones to see if any names ring a bell.

Brilliant will certainly go to the archives and visit the church.