Melmerby

Melmerby is a village and civil parish in , England. It is a small village with a population of around 200. The village is 9 miles to the east of , which is a thriving community with immediate access to Junction 40 of the M6 motorway and a main-line railway station serving London, Manchester, Edinburgh and Glasgow.
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  • Type: Village with 249 residents
  • Description: village and civil parish in Cumbria, UK
  • Also known as: “Melmerby, Cumbria”
Photo: PAUL FARMER, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Church of St John the Baptist and Little Meg.

Church
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Archaeological site
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is a small circle of large kerb stones which probably surrounded a Bronze Age kerb cairn. It is close to the village of to the north-east of in the county of and is 650 metres north-east of the more famous stone circle of . is situated 2½ miles west of Melmerby.

Church
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is situated 2 miles southeast of Melmerby.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gamblesby and Unthank.

Village
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is a village near Melmerby, and former civil parish, now in the parish of , in the district, in the ceremonial county of , England.

Hamlet
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is a village near Gamblesby in the civil parish of in , England. It is first mentioned in writing as Unthanke in 1332. is situated 2 miles north of Melmerby.

Village
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is a small village and civil parish in the , in the district of , England. It lies about 3 miles south south east of . is situated 2½ miles northwest of Melmerby.

Melmerby

Latitude
54.7283° or 54° 43′ 42″ north
Longitude
-2.59897° or 2° 35′ 56″ west
Population
249
Elevation
594 feet (181 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB MML
Open location code
9C6VPCH2+8C
Open­Street­Map ID
node 242932609
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2642772
Wiki­data ID
Q3243913
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Welsh—“Melmerby” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Melmerby, Cumbria”
  • Dutch: “Melmerby”
  • French: “Melmerby”
  • Irish: “Melmerby”
  • Ladin: “Melmerby (Cumbria)”
  • Ladin: “Melmerby”
  • Polish: “Melmerby”
  • Spanish: “Melmerby, Cumbria”
  • Spanish: “Melmerby”
  • Swedish: “Melmerby, Cumbria”
  • Turkish: “Melmerby, Cumbria”
  • Welsh: “Melmerby, Cumbria”
  • Welsh: “Melmerby”
  • “Melmerby”

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Highlights include The Green and Melmerby Village Hall.

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