Melmerby, Harrogate

Not to be confused with Melmerby, Richmondshire.
Melmerby
Melmerby
 Melmerby shown within North Yorkshire
Population 386 
OS grid referenceSE337769
Civil parishMelmerby
DistrictHarrogate
Shire countyNorth Yorkshire
RegionYorkshire and the Humber
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town RIPON
Postcode district HG4
Police North Yorkshire
Fire North Yorkshire
Ambulance Yorkshire
EU Parliament Yorkshire and the Humber
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Coordinates: 54°11′14″N 1°29′04″W / 54.18714°N 1.48431°W / 54.18714; -1.48431

Melmerby is a village and civil parish in the Harrogate district of North Yorkshire, England. The name is of Viking origin, and many of the fields in the area have Norse names, e.g. Halikeld ('keld' is Old Norse for 'spring').

Until the late 1950s, the village was the site of a major rural railway junction. Situated on the main Harrogate to Northallerton via Ripon railway line (closed 1968), a branch line (closed 1963) ran westwards from Melmerby to the small market town of Masham, famous for brewing. A line (closed 1959) also ran north-eastwards linking Melmerby with the East Coast Main Line at Thirsk.

The village is part of the parish of Melmerby and Middleton Quernhow, a small hamlet a quarter of a mile north of the village. The population is approximately 430, measured at 386 in the 2011 census.[1]

During the war the village was the site of a large munitions store, taking advantage of the railway access.

The Methodist Church in Melmerby

References

  1. ↑ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 7 August 2015.

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