Emborough

infobox UK place
country = England
official_name= Emborough
latitude= 51.2610
longitude= -2.5540
civil_parish=
population = 173 [cite web | title= Mendip Parish Population Estimates 2002 | work=Somerset County Council | url=http://www.somerset.gov.uk/media/030F1/mendip_02mye.pdf | accessdate=2006-11-25]
shire_district= Mendip
shire_county = Somerset
region= South West England
constituency_westminster= Somerton and Frome
post_town=
postcode_district=BA
postcode_area=BA
dial_code=
os_grid_reference= ST615515 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". [cite book |last=Reid |first= Robert Douglas |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Some buildings of Mendip |year=1979 |publisher=The Mendip Society |location= |isbn=0905459164 ]

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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