Melmerby, Coverdale
| Melmerby | |
| Yorkshire North Riding | |
|---|---|
 Melmerby | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SE077852 |
| Location: | 54°15’47"N, 1°52’60"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 40 (est.) |
| Post town: | Leyburn |
| Postcode: | DL8 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Richmondshire |
Melmerby is a small village in the North Riding of Yorkshire, within the ancient liberty known as Richmondshire. It sits within Coverdale, a pretty valley amongst the Yorkshire Dales, about three miles south-west of Leyburn.
Nearby villages include Carlton and Agglethorpe.
Melmerby was historically a township in the large ancient parish of Coverham in the Yorkshire's North Riding,[1] and became a separate civil parish in 1866.[2]
Name
Melmerby is mentioned in the Domesday Book.[1] The name is Old Norse, meaning "Melmor's farmstead", and the personal name 'Melmor' is believed to be a Scandinavian borrowing from the Old Irish name Máel Muire.[3]
This is one of two villages of the name 'Melmerby' in the North Riding, the other being Melmerby near Ripon.
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 A History of the County of York: North Riding - Volume 1 pp 214–225: Parishes: Coverham (Victoria County History) – [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/yorks/north/vol1/pp214-225 in British History Online}}
- ↑ Vision of Britain
- ↑ 'The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names:' Melmerby NYorks SE0785 (Cambridge University Press 2010) ISBN 978 0 521 16855 7