5-481: Embleton may refer to: Places [ edit ] Embleton, County Durham , England Embleton, Cumbria , England Embleton, Northumberland , England Embleton, Western Australia People [ edit ] Clifford Embleton , British geomorphologist Ron Embleton , British painter and illustrator Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
10-593: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Embleton, County Durham Embleton is a hamlet and former civil parish , now in the parish of Sedgefield , in the County Durham district, in the ceremonial county of Durham , in England, as well as the site of a medieval village and manor . It is situated 3 miles (5 km) east of Sedgefield and 4 miles (6 km) west of Hartlepool . In 1961
15-651: The mid 16th century the manor was the seat of the Elmeden family who assumed the local name. The village was one of nearly 1,500 medieval villages to be abandoned in the 14th century after the collapse of the demesne system of land management. It afterwards passed in the female line to the Bulmers and Smythes and in the 18th century to the Tempests of Wynyard , ancestors of the Marquesses of Londonderry . Embleton
20-466: The parish had a population of 80. The township was historically named "Elmdene", supposedly derived from the site's proximity to a woodland of elm trees which, at an earlier time, flourished in the bordering dene . A single farmstead now occupies the site which lies adjacent to the ruins of a small church (originally a manorial chapel of ease ) dedicated to the Virgin Mary . From the 13th to
25-414: The title Embleton . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Embleton&oldid=1048512854 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Hidden categories: Short description
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