EMBLETON, a parish in the southern division of
BAMBROUGH ward, county of NORTHUMBERLAND, comprising
the chapelries of Renington and Rock, and the
townships of Brocksfield,High Bruton,LowBruton, Craster,
Dunston, Embleton, Fallowdon, Newton, and Stamford,
and containing 1806 inhabitants, of which number,
413 are in the township of Embleton, 7 miles (N. E.
by N.) from Alnwick. The living is a vicarage, in the
archdeaconry of Northumberland, and diocese of Durham,
rated in the king's books at £11. 3.. 4., endowed with
£600 royal bounty, and £200 parliamentary grant, and
in the patronage of the Warden and Fellows of Merton
College, Oxford. The church is dedicated to St. Mary.
A free school is endowed with £20 per annum.