Melbourne, Yorkshire
| Melbourne | |
| Yorkshire East Riding | |
|---|---|
.JPG) Main Street, Melbourne | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SE752440 |
| Location: | 53°53’13"N, 0°51’26"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 793 (2011) |
| Post town: | York |
| Postcode: | YO42 |
| Dialling code: | 01759 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | East Riding of Yorkshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
East Yorkshire |
Melbourne is a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, four and a half miles south-west of its nearest market town, Pocklington, and eight miles west of Market Weighton. The village stands just to the south of the Pocklington Canal.
According to the 2011 census, Melbourne parish had a population of 793.
In 1823, Melbourne was oting as falling within the parish of Thorton and the Wapentake of Harthill. Within the village were a Wesleyan and a Primitive Methodist chapel. Population at the time was 437. Occupations included two blacksmiths, two shoemakers, a joiner, a wheelwright & machine maker, a bricklayer, a cattle dealer, a shopkeeper, a brick & tile maker, and fourteen farmers, one of whom was the landlord of The Cross Keys public house. Resident in the village were two gentlemen and a yeoman, and Lieutenant General James Wharton, who was a Justice of the peace and the Commissioner of Taxes for the East and North Riding of Yorkshire|North Ridings. A carrier operated between the village and York once a week.[1]
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Community
Farming is a main economic driver in the area, however an agricultural machinery business employs about 40 people.[2]
Amenities in Melbourne include a village hall, a playing field, a public house, and a shop.
The Pocklngton Canal Amenity Society runs boat trips from the Melbourne Arm of the canal, on its trip boat New Horizons.[3]
A sports and playing field association manage the village's playing field at the east end of Main Street. The playing field has a pavilion, scout hut, children's play area, tennis court, and football and cricket pitches. Sports' clubs in the village include a cricket and a football club, both based at the playing fields, and a bowling Club at the village hall.[4][5]
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The Melbourne Arms
Former R.A.F. Melbourne
Sumo Ltd Manufacturing Plant
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References
- ↑ Baines, Edward: 'History, Directory and Gazetteer of the County of York' (1823); page 369
- ↑ Bridgen, Mike (23 April 2015). "Businessmen join agricultural machinery firm Sumo UK". Darlington and Stockton Times. https://www.darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk/business/12909982.businessmen-join-agricultural-machinery-firm-sumo-uk/. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
- ↑ "Boat Trips From Melbourne on New Horizons". Pocklington Canal Society. http://www.pocklingtoncanalsociety.org/boattrips.html. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
- ↑ "Melbourne Cricket Club, East Riding of Yorkshire". Melbourne Cricket Club. http://www.melbournecc.org.uk/. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
- ↑ "Melbourne Football Club, East Riding of Yorkshire". Melbourne Football Club. http://www.melbournefc.org.uk/. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
- Gazetteer — A–Z of Towns Villages and Hamlets. East Riding of Yorkshire Council. 2006. p. 8.
