Embleton
The village of Embleton is located in mid-Northumberland, one mile inland from the North Sea, 1½ miles from Christon Bank and seven miles north east of Alnwick. It is a small rural village in a parish by the same name, situated near to sprawling Embleton Bay with Dunstanburgh Castle towering at the southern end of the bay.
Embleton boasted a fine whinstone quarry in the 19th century. Run by the Appleby family, it had at one time more than 40 people employed there.
The Anglican church of The Holy Trinity dates from the century and has undergone many alterations incorporating several different architectural styles. The church is connected to several families of note in the area including the Greys and the Crasters. The old vicarage boasts a fine example of a vicar's pele, built in the 14th century. It is one of only three fortified vicarages in the county today.
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