Wallington Demesne

Wallington Demesne is a civil parish in the county of Northumberland, England. In 2011 it had a population of 361. The parish includes the village of Cambo and the hamlets of Middleton and Scots' Gap.

1. Geography

The parish has a coastal climate. The average temperature is 7 °C. The hottest month is July, at 14 °C, and the coldest is February, at 0 °C.

1. Places of interest

Wallington Park and Garden is a Grade II* listed building.

1. History

Wallington Demesne was formerly a township in the parish of Hartburn, in 1866 Wallington Demesne became a separate civil parish, on 1 April 1955 the parishes of Cambo, Corridge, Deanham, Hartburn Grange, Highlaws, North Middleton, South Middleton and Todridge were abolished and merged with Wallington Demesne. From 1974 to 2009 it was in Castle Morpeth district.

1. References


1. See also

List of civil parishes in Northumberland

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Wallington Hall

Wallington is a country house and gardens located about 12 miles (19 km) west of Morpeth, Northumberland, England, near the village of Cambo. It has been owned by the National Trust since 1942, after it was donated complete with the estate and farms by Sir Charles Philips Trevelyan, 3rd Baronet, the first donation of its kind. It is a Grade I listed building. Some of the wealth of the Trevelyan family derived from the holding of slaves in Grenada.

Historic Site Museum

Scotsgap railway station

Scotsgap was a stone-built railway station in Northumberland on the Wansbeck Railway, which served the villages of Scots' Gap and Cambo. It was located on the line between Morpeth and Reedsmouth, and was the junction for the branch line of the Northumberland Railway to Rothbury.

Landmark Train

Scots Gap

Scots Gap is a small village in the civil parish of Wallington Demesne, in Northumberland, United Kingdom.

Landmark Neighbourhood

Cambo, Northumberland

Cambo is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Wallington Demesne, in Northumberland, England. It is about 11 miles (18 km) to the west of the county town of Morpeth at the junction of the B6342 and B6343 roads. The village was gifted along with the Wallington Estate to the National Trust by Sir Charles Philips Trevelyan in 1942, the first donation of its kind. It remains a National Trust village. In 1951 the parish had a population of 60. There is a village school, Cambo First School, which had 46 pupils in September 2020 aged 4-9 years. There is a church, a village hall and a community orchard in the village.

Church Neighbourhood