Emborough
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| Emborough | |
  Emborough shown within Somerset |
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| Population | 173[1] |
|---|---|
| OS grid reference | |
| District | Mendip |
| Shire county | Somerset |
| Region | South West |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Postcode district | BA |
| Police | Avon and Somerset |
| Fire | Devon and Somerset |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| European Parliament | South West England |
| UK Parliament | Somerton and Frome |
| List of places: UK • England • Somerset | |
Emborough is a village and civil parish 5 miles north of Shepton Mallet, and 5 miles north east of Wells, in the Mendip district of Somerset, England. It adjoins the parish of Ston Easton.
The parish includes two manor houses occupied by the Hippisley or Hippisley Coxe families since Elizabethan times.
The parish church of the Blessed Virgin Mary is medieval in origin but underwent extensive renovation in the 18th century. The inside includes a Georgian gallery and a cast iron "Gurney Stove".[2]
It is close to the Emborough Quarries Site of Special Scientific Interest.
Nearby is a small lake called Emborough Pond (also known as Lechmere Water).
[edit] References
- ^ Mendip Parish Population Estimates 2002. Somerset County Council. Retrieved on 2006-11-25.
- ^ Reid, Robert Douglas (1979). Some buildings of Mendip. The Mendip Society. ISBN 0905459164.
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