Embleton, Cumberland
| Embleton | |
| Cumberland | |
|---|---|
 The Church at Embleton | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NY163301 |
| Location: | 54°39’32"N, 3°17’49"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 294 (2011 with Wythop) |
| Post town: | Cockermouth |
| Postcode: | CA13 |
| Dialling code: | 017687 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Cumberland |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Copeland |
| Website: | embletonparish.com |
Embleton is a small village in Cumberland, located to the east of Cockermouth on the A66 road, and within the boundaries of the Lake District National Park. As of the 2011 the parish had a population of 294.
Embleton railway station opened in 1865, on the Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith Railway, and was closed by British Rail in 1958 although the railway through the village survived until 1966. The trackbed has now been used for the route of the A66 road.
At some time around 1854 a schoolmaster digging in commonland at Embleton came across a hoard of weapons dating to the first century AD, the transition between the Late Iron Age and Early Roman period. It comprised three iron spearheads and two swords, one of which was in a decorated copper-alloy scabbard. The latter object can now be seen in the British Museum [1]
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References
- ↑ MacGregor, Morna (1976). Early Celtic Art in Northern Britain. Leicester University Press.