Although there had been a library in Embsay for many years before, Embsay-with-Eastby Community Library opened in its current guise in July 2012. The former library was wholly funded and staffed by […]
About Embsay-with-Eastby Community Library
New Beginnings
New Beginnings – New Parents’ Group Every Wednesday from 9am to 11am in Embsay with Eastby Village Institute. Drop in for a drink, cake and chat with your little ones. Toys, baby […]
Embsay Cricket Club
Cricket has become something of a rarity at Shires Lane thanks to the weather. The 2nd XI was due to entertain Cowling II on Saturday 22nd May but the game was called off because […]
The Elm Tree Inn – Inquests, Auctions, Tar-barrels and Club-rooms
The Elm Tree Inn has long been at the heart of life in Embsay, not only geographically, but also in terms of village life. In the 18th and 19th centuries it was […]
Embsay with Eastby Village Institute Annual Report
Annual Report of the Management Committee for Year 2020 REGISTERED CHARITY NO 523596 The Village Hall is a charity registered with the Charity Commission under its original title, “The Embsay with Eastby […]
Towards Carbon Neutral Churches in Craven
St Mary’s Embsay with Eastby is leading a group of five churches in Craven which are looking into ways to become net carbon zero. This is in line with the commitment made […]
Embsay Priory and the early history of Embsay
When studying the earliest history of Embsay there are not many facts to go on. We know that people lived in the area in the Bronze Age (2500-800BC) because a bronze neck […]
The Night Sky
May 2021 Over the past year or so, if you looked up into the night sky on a dark Embsay evening you may have been able to shake off for a moment […]
Yorkshire hedgehogs need our help!
Often referred to as the nation’s favourite mammal, our British European Hedgehog population is sadly in steep decline. Recently reclassified as ‘Vulnerable to Extinction’ (2020), research* confirms that in the last 10 […]
A pilgrimage walk around Embsay
