Emborough

Other current and historical names

Emborrow
Amelberge
Amelberga
Amelberia

Parish/Community: Emborough
District/Borough: Mendip
County: Somerset
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 51°15'27"N 2°33'13"W
Eastings/Northings: 361461, 151081
OS Grid: ST614510
Mapcode Local: GBR MS.12TD
Mapcode Global: VH89M.PNB9

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Emborough within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Emborough in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Emborough, or Emborrow, par., mid. Somerset, 5 miles NE. of Wells, 2039 ac., pop. 178.

Emborough in the Domesday Book

A village in Chewton hundred, in the county of Somerset.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thanes, two
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Coutances
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1070; £3 10/- in 1086
- Households: 6 villagers; 4 smallholders; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 5 men's ploughs (4 plough lands)
- Meadow: 29 acres
- Animals in 1086: 23 cattle; 25 pigs; 1 cob; 158 wethers

British Place Names

Emborough, Somerset

Emborough is a hamlet in Somerset

Emborough in historic gazetteers

Emborough in the Domesday Book