Embleton is a village and

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in the

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county of

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. Besides the village of Embleton itself, the civil parish includes the settlement of

Christon Bank Christon Bank is a small village in Northumberland, England, 9 miles north of the town of Alnwick. Prior to 1847 it was a small farming hamlet, which was transformed by the building of the East Coast Main Line railway. History The village is ...

, situated about a mile to the west. Embleton village has a main street with one shop. There is a small green with the village pump on it, out of use now but at one time the source of the water supply. The village is about from Embleton Bay. The sandy beach is backed by dunes where a variety of flowers bloom: bluebells, cowslips, burnet roses and, to give it its common name, bloody cranesbill, amongst others. Also near the beach is Embleton's 18-hole Dunstanburgh Castle Golf Course which opened in 1900 and was updated in 1922. Christon Bank lies on the East Coast Main Line railway, and until 1965 was the site of a station. Beyond the bounds of the parish, Dunstanburgh Castle stands at the southern end of Embleton Bay. Close by, to the south, is the fishing village of Craster.

Notable people

Robert de Emeldon Robert de Emeldon (died 1355) was an English-born Crown official and judge who spent much of his career in Ireland. He held several important public offices, including Attorney-General for Ireland, Lord High Treasurer of Ireland and Chief Baron ...

(died 1355),

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, and a personal friend of King

Edward III Edward III (13 November 1312 – 21 June 1377), also known as Edward of Windsor before his accession, was King of England and Lord of Ireland from January 1327 until his death in 1377. He is noted for his military success and for restoring r ...

, was born in Embleton towards the close of the thirteenth century. *Richard de Emeldon, who was Robert's cousin, and was later five times

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and one of its leading citizens, was also born here.

Landmarks

Close by the church is Embleton Tower, a pele tower which was the vicarage until 1974. The Creighton Memorial Hall is said to be the largest village hall in the county and is named after

Mandell Creighton Mandell Creighton (; 5 July 1843 – 14 January 1901) was a British historian and a bishop of the Church of England. A scholar of the Renaissance papacy, Creighton was the first occupant of the Dixie Professor of Ecclesiastical History, Di ...

, who was

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1875–1884 and later became

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. One road is named after the Embleton-born

W. T. Stead William Thomas Stead (5 July 184915 April 1912) was a British newspaper editor who, as a pioneer of investigative journalism, became a controversial figure of the Victorian era. Stead published a series of hugely influential campaigns whilst ed ...

, a journalist and social campaigner who died in the sinking of the ''

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''.

Religious sites

The Church of the Holy Trinity is large with several interesting features and is historically connected with

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. Creighton, the vicar, had a poor opinion of the villagers:

"In many ways the moral standard of the village was very low, and it was a difficult place to improve. There was no resident squire, the chief employers of labour were on much the same level of cultivation as those they employed, and in some cases owned the public-houses and paid the wages there." Louise Creighton, ''Life and Letters of
Mandell Creighton Mandell Creighton (; 5 July 1843 – 14 January 1901) was a British historian and a bishop of the Church of England. A scholar of the Renaissance papacy, Creighton was the first occupant of the Dixie Professor of Ecclesiastical History, Di ...
, D.D.'', Vol. I, Longmans, Green, & Co, London, New York, Bombay, (1904).

References

External links

The W. T. Stead resource site

(Accessed: 24 November 2008)

(Accessed: 24 November 2008)
Embleton Parish Council official siteVillage site including Parish Council and Neighbourhood Plan Meeting minutes archivesEmbleton and Newton links
on the

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