Cambois is a village in south-east Northumberland, England. It is situated on the north side of the estuary of the River Blyth between Blyth and Ashington on the North Sea coast. According to earlier scholarship, the etymon of the name is probably Gaelic cambas "bay, creek". However, the name could equally be from the Cumbric cognate of cambas, *cama…Cambois is a village in south-east Northumberland, England. It is situated on the north side of the estuary of the River Blyth between Blyth and Ashington on the North Sea coast. According to earlier scholarship, the etymon of the name is probably Gaelic cambas "bay, creek". However, the name could equally be from the Cumbric cognate of cambas, *camas "bend in a river, bay", which would fit with Cambois's location at the confluence of the Sleek Burn and the River Blyth. In either case, the spelling seems to have been influenced by French bois "wood".
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