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'''Melchbourne''' is a small village and ancient parish in northern [[Bedfordshire]], close to the borders with [[Northamptonshire]] and [[Huntingdonshire]].<br />
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The village is located west of [[Swineshead, Huntingdonshire|Swineshead]] and east of [[Yielden]]. Melchbourne forms part of the civil parish of Melchbourne and Yielden.<br />
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Melchbourne Preceptory was located in the village. Today the village is the location of the Church of St Mary Magdalene.<br />
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==Notable residents==<br />
* Audrey Lawson-Johnston, the last living survivor of the sinking of the ''RMS Lusitania'' in 1915. Died 2013.<br />
* Sarah Kennedy, BBC radio presenter.<br />
* Major Gen. Sir Percy Cox, British Diplomat (died there 1937) Influential figure in founding of Iraq.</div>Owain