Emborough

Emborough

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".

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).

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