Description
Rock, a village, a township, and a chapelry in Embleton parish, Northumberland, 1 1/2 mile SW by S of Christen Bank railway station, and 4 1/2 miles NNE of Alnwick. There is a post office under Alnwick; money order office, Alnwick; telegraph office, Little Mill (E.S.) Acreage, 2053; population, 214. Rock House is the seat of the Bosanquet family, and includes an ancient ivy-clad tower which belonged formerly to the Lawsons and the Salkelds. There is some fine scenery. The living is a vicarage, annexed to Eennington, in the diocese of Newcastle-on-Tyne; joint net value, £168 with residence. Patron, the Vicar of Embleton. The church is mainly Norman, and consists of chancel, nave, N aisle, and a belfry.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
