Melmerby in Coverdale

Melmerby is a village and civil parish in the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire, England. It lies in Coverdale in the Yorkshire Dales about 3 miles (4.8 km) south-west of Leyburn. Its neighbours are the villages of Carlton and Agglethorpe. The population of the civil parish was estimated at 40 in 2015.[1]

Not to be confused with Melmerby, Harrogate.

Melmerby
Melmerby
Melmerby is located in North Yorkshire
Melmerby
Melmerby
Location within North Yorkshire
Population40 [1]
OS grid referenceSE077852
Civil parish
  • Melmerby
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townLeyburn
Postcode districtDL8
PoliceNorth Yorkshire
FireNorth Yorkshire
AmbulanceYorkshire

Melmerby was mentioned in the Domesday Book.[2] The name is Old Norse, meaning "Melmor's farmstead": the personal name Melmor is a Scandinavian borrowing from the Old Irish personal name Máel Muire.[3] Melmerby was historically a township in the large ancient parish of Coverham in the North Riding of Yorkshire,[2] and became a separate civil parish in 1866.[4] In 1974 it was transferred to the new county of North Yorkshire.

References
  1. "Population Estimates". North Yorkshire County Council. 2015. Archived from the original on 13 January 2012. Retrieved 4 April 2017. In the 2011 census the population of the parish was included with Caldbergh with East Scrafton and Coverham with Agglethorpe parishes and not counted separately."Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
  2. William Page, ed. (1914). "Parishes: Coverham". Victoria County History. A History of the County of York North Riding: Volume 1. pp. 214–225. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  3. Watts, Victor, ed. (2010). "Melmerby NYorks SE0785". The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-16855-7.
  4. "Vision of Britain website". Retrieved 4 April 2017.

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