Embleton - Railway Inn

Name: Railway Inn

Address: Mount Pleasant, Embleton

Postcard by J C Ruddock of Alnwick of
The Railway Inn (early 1900s)

The 1841 Tithe map below shows the Railway Inn building on Plot 10, although whether its first use was a public house is not clear. We do know though that it closed as a pub in 1910 and was subsequently converted to residential use, now two semi-detached cottages, called 'Cheviot View'.

1841 Tithe Map

Business was no doubt good when the railway line ran through, taking the stone from the nearby Whinstone Quarry, the line opening in the latter half of the 1800s.

Listed landlords were Joseph R Mavin (1851), Robert Henderson (1858), Robert Dickinson (1861), Joseph Errington (1871), Caroline Lavender (1879-), James Dickinson (1891), Treasure Harry Watson (1901), Mr Henderson (-1908) and John William Metcalfe (1908-).

The first landlord was a farmer by trade, Joseph R Mavin, who was living in one of the Embleton Buildings in 1851. At this stage there was no mention of the Inn but the 1855 directory below confirms he ran the Railway Inn. 

1851 Census - Joseph R Mavin

1855 Whellan's Directory - Joseph Mavin

Three years later and Joseph had moved on and been replaced by a Robert Henderson, but his stay was to be short-lived too, as by 1861 he was no longer running the Railway Inn, a local man, Robert Dickinson and his wife Ann having taken over.

1858 Post Office Directory - Robert Henderson

1861 Census - Robert Dickinson

1871 Census - Joseph Errington

Alnwick Mercury 13 January 1872

Berwick Advertiser 26 February 1875

1879 Kelly's Directory - Caroline Lavender

1881 Census - Caroline Lavender

Alnwick Mercury 11 July 1885

1891 Census - James Dickinson

1894 Embleton Directory - Jas. Dickinson

1901 Census - Treasure Harry Watson

Morpeth Herald 10 October 1908

Newcastle Evening Chronicle 13 July 1910

The above press release confirms the Railway Inn was closed and compensation paid to the owners in 1910, presumably due to the excessive number of other licensed premises in the village at that time.

Cheviot View 2025