Place:Melmerby (near Coverham), North Riding of Yorkshire, England

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NameMelmerby (near Coverham)
Alt namesMelmerby (near Coverham)source: from redirect
Melmerby
TypeTownship, Civil parish
Coordinates54.263°N 1.883°W
Located inNorth Riding of Yorkshire, England     ( - 1974)
Also located inYorkshire, England    
North Yorkshire, England     (1974 - )
See alsoCoverham, North Riding of Yorkshire, Englandancient parish in which it was a township
Hang West Wapentake, North Riding of Yorkshire, Englandearly county division in which it was located
Leyburn Rural, North Riding of Yorkshire, Englandrural district 1894-1974
Richmondshire District, North Yorkshire, Englanddistrict municipality in which it has been situated since 1974

NOTE: There is another place named Melmerby (near Ripon), formerly in the North Riding of Yorkshire, now in the Harrogate District of North Yorkshire, about 15 miles to the southeast of Melmerby (near Coverham).


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Melmerby (#22 on map) is now a civil parish and a village in the Richmondshire District of North Yorkshire, England. It lies in the Yorkshire Dales about 3 miles (4.8 km) southwest of Leyburn. Two neighbouring parishes are Carlton Town (#7) and Coverham with Agglethorpe (#11). The population of the civil parish was estimated at 40 in 2015.

Prior to the nationwide municipal reorganization of 1974, Melmerby was located in Leyburn Rural District. Historically, it was located in the ancient and ecclesiastical parish of Coverham in the Hang West Wapentake.

The following description from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72 is provided by the website A Vision of Britain Through Time (University of Portsmouth Department of Geography).

"MELMERBY, a township in Coverham parish. [North Riding of] Yorkshire; near the river Cover, 4¼ miles SW of Leyburn [railway] station. Acres: 1,153. Real property: £850. Population: 123. Houses: 28."
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