Place:Camperdown, Northumberland, England

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NameCamperdown
TypeCivil parish, Urban district
Coordinates55.043°N 1.577°W
Located inNorthumberland, England     ( - 1974)
Also located inTyne and Wear, England     (1974 - )
See alsoLongbenton, Northumberland, Englandcivil parish from which it was part formed in 1899
Weetslade, Northumberland, Englandcivil parish from which it was part formed in 1899
Tynemouth Rural, Northumberland, Englandrural district of which it was located 1899-1912
Longbenton, Northumberland, Englandcivil parish into which it was absorbed in 1912
North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, Englanddistrict municipality covering the area since 1974
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Camperdown, in the county of Tyne and Wear, England since 1974, is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside. Camperdown is just south of Burradon in Tyneside, and the two villages are closely linked. Both villages had coal mines.

Camperdown was a civil parish formed in 1899 from parts of the parishes of Longbenton and Weetslade and was located in Tynemouth Rural District. Its life as a civil parish was short-lived; it was absorbed back into Longbenton in 1912 when Tynemouth Rural District was abolished.

When blown up to about 5 times original magnification, the Ordnance Survey map of Northumberland in 1900 shows Camperdown, Burradon and other nearby villages, just to the northeast of Newcastle.

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