Embleton - Fisherman's Arms

Name: Fisherman's Arms

Address: Embleton/Newton Seahouses

Fisherman's Arms

The Fisherman's Arms public house operating during the mid-1800s when occupied by James Patterson, a fisherman by trade, and appears to have disappeared by the 1870s, although the Patterson family continued to live there and work their main trade as fishermen right through to the death of Catherine Patterson, the wife of James' son John, in 1922. It stands on the boundary between Embleton and Low Newton, and whilst closer to Low Newton, actually came under the Embleton area for census records. 

1921 OS Map

The map from 1861 below will be familiar to those of you who have frequented the Ship Inn in recent years, as it's hung on the walls of the Ship Inn, and confirms that Risemoor Cottage was the Fisherman's Arms.

1861 OS Map "Fisherman's Arms Public House"

1841 Census James Patterson Risemoor Cottage

1851 Census James Patterson Risemoor

1861 Census James Patterson
Risemoor Cottage Fishermans Arms

1871 Census James Patterson Fishermans Arms

1881 Embleton Census Area

By 1881 the building was referred to as 'Patterson's House', the enumerator no doubt being a local man who knew the family well.

1881 Census James Patterson

1891 Census Martha Patterson Risemoor Cottage

The Inn's only landlord, James Patterson passed away in 1882 at the grand old age of 85 years leaving Martha a widow. The 1891 census records her living as a lodger with the Wright family at Risemoor Cottage, next door to her son Robert Patterson who was living at Link House. She lived to the age of 92 and died in 1898.

1898 Death Certificate Martha Patterson

1901 Census Patterson's Houses

1911 Census - Catherine Patterson Risemoor Cottage

1921 Census - Catherine Patterson Risemoor Cottage

The building, known as Risemoor Cottage remains standing to this day. It has been extensively renovated and is the residential holiday property at the most southerly end of Low Newton-by-the-Sea heading towards Embleton links, and is owned by the National Trust.

c.2023 The Fisherman's Arms (Risemoor Cottage)