Mclchct Park, par. and seat, Wilts, on border of
Hants, 9% miles SE. of Salisbury, 536 ac., pop. 53; on
an eminence is a Hindoo temple (1800) to the memory
of AVarren Hastings.

Melcombe Horsey, par. and seat (Meleombe Bing-
ham), Dorset, 7 miles E. of Cerne Abbas, 2151 ac., pop.
183; P.O., called Melcombe Bingham.

Melcomhe Kegis. See Weymouth, &c.

Meldon. — hamlet, in par. and near Okehampton,
Devon; the Meldon Viaduct, across the AYest Okement,
3 m. SW. of Okehampton, is 160 ft. above the stream.
—2. Meldon, par., township, and vil. with ry. sta.,
Northumberland—par., 1557 ac., pop. 188; township,
1028 ac., pop. 160; vil., on river Wansbeck, 5% m. SW.
of Morpeth ; in vicinity of vil. is Meldon Park, seat.

Meldreth, par. and vil. (ry. sta. Meldreth and Mel-
bourn), Cambridgeshire, 4 miles NE. of Royston, 2000
ac., pop. 718; P.O.

Meldrum Hill, hamlet, Kincardine par., S. Perth-
shire, 1% mile S. of Doune.

Meldrum House, seat, in par. and 1 mile N. of Old
Meldrum, Aberdeenshire. See Old Meldrum.

Melford, Long, par. and vil. with ry. sta., Suffolk,

3 miles N. of Sudbury and 15 miles S. of Bury St Ed-
munds by rail, 5185 ac., pop. 3293; P.O., T.o.; was
once a market town, which belonged to Bury Abbey;
Melford Hall and Melford Place are seats.

Melfort, Loeh, sea-loch, Kilninver and Kilmelford
par., Argyllshire, opposite Luing island; at NE. head
of loch is Melfort House, seat, 15 miles N. of Kil-
martin; 3 miles SW., on N. side of loch, is Melfort
Cottage, seat; N. of Melfort House, on road from
Oban to Ford, is the picturesque Pass of Melfort;
Melfort gives titles to the Earl of Perth.

Mcigaut Water, stream, AY. Forfarshire ; flows SE.
through the Loch of Lintrathen to the Isla at Airlie
Castle; has trout, and salmon ascend 2 miles to the
Loups of Kenny.

Melgnnd Castle, ruin, Aberlemno par., Forfarshire,

4 miles SW. of Brechin; said to have been built by
Cardinal Beaton ; Melgund gives the title of viscount
to the Earl of Minto.

Meliden, par. and vil., Flintshire, 4% miles NE. of
St Asaph, 2068 ac. and 509 foreshore, pop. 1137; P.O.

Melln Abbey, seat, Llanvihangel-Llantarnam par.,
Monmouthshire, on the Afon Llwyd, 3% miles N. of
Newport; was partly built out of the remains of a
Cistercian abbey.

Melincryddan, seat of copperworks, on E. side of
Neath, Glamorgan.

Melincwrt, waterfall, on river Clydach, Glamorgan,
5% miles NE. of Neath; is a fall of about 80 ft.

Mcllndwr, township, Llanbadarnfawr par., Cardi-
ganshire, on river Rheidol, near Aberystwith, 6677 ac.,
pop. 991.

Melinc, par. and vil., Pembrokeshire, on river Nevern,
6 miles SAY. of Cardigan, 4523 ac., pop. 353.

Mellngryflfyth, seat of tinplate works, on river Taff,
Glamorgan, near Cardiff.

Mclinrhos, Carmarthenshire, 7 miles SE. of Lam-
peter ; P.O.

Melinvelindre, waterfall, on river Severn, Mont-
gomeryshire, between Llanidloes and Plinlimmon.

Mclkinthorpe, vil., Lowther par., Westmorland, 4
| miles SE. of Penrith.

i Melkridgc, township and vil., Haltwhistle par.,

■ Northumberland, on river South Tyne, 2 miles E. of
j Haltwhistle, 4460 ac., pop. 306.

! Melksham.—market town, par., and township, AYilts,
j on river Avon, 6% miles S. of Chippenham and 96 miles
j AY. of London by rail—par., 12,572 ac., pop. 5331;

I township, pop. 4412; town, 413 ac., pop. 2178; P.O.,
i T.O., 2 Banks. Market-day, Tuesday. In Saxon times
I this place had some importance, and at the Domesday
i survey it was held as a royal demesne. The Wilts and
j Berks Canal passes E. of the town. Saline and chaly-
beate springs are in the vicinity, but although much
has been done to give it attraction the town has never
gained special note as a watering-place. Woollen goods,
cordage, cocoa fibre, and haircloths form its mfrs.;
malting also is carried on to some extent.—2. Melk*
sham, hundred, Wilts, 21,492 ac., pop. 18,3S2; contains
6 pars, and part of another.

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