Embleton, Cumberland
Historical Description
Embleton, a township and an ecclesiastical parish, in Brigham parish, Cumberland, with a station on the Cocker-mouth, Keswick, and Penrith railway, 2 miles E by S of Cockermouth, which is the post town. Acreage of township, 3952; population, 376; of the ecclesiastical parish, 357. The township comprises the hamlets of Beckhouse, High Side, Shatton, Stanger, and Stanger Hill. The surface is chiefly a pleasant vale, watered by a streamlet from the Wythop fells. Lord Leconfield is the lord of the manor. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Carlisle; gross value, £130 with residence. Patron, the Bishop. The church was rebuilt in 1806, and thoroughly renovated, with addi- tions, in 1884.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Cumberland | |
Civil parish | Brigham | |
Poor Law union | Cockermouth | |
Ward | Allerdale above Derwent |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Embleton from the following:
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Cumberland is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Embleton are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Villages, Hamlets, &c
BeckhouseShatton