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Embleton, par., township and vil. with ry. sta., N. Northumberland, 6½ miles NE. of Alnwick -- par., 13,507 ac. and 452 tidal water and foreshore, pop. 2217; township, 2077 ac. and 84 foreshore, pop. 643; the vicarage is one of 3 in Northumberland that were fortified; it still has a machicolated tower.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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Feature Description: | "parish, township and village with railway station" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
Administrative units: | Embleton AP/CP Northumberland AncC |
Place: | Embleton |
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