CHAMBOIS, a township in the parish of BEDLINGTON,
eastern division of CHESTER ward, county palatine
of DURHAM, but situated on the. eastern side of the
county of Northumberland, 7 miles (B. by S.) from
Morpeth. The population is returned with' the parish.
The village is situated on the coast, at the mouth of
the river Wansbeck; there is a small harbour, where
corn, timber, and grindstones are shipped; some spacious,
granaries were built during the late war with
France, at which period a great quantity of grain was
sent from this place.