Melrose, Old, seat, on a promontory formed by a
loop of the Tweed, in par. and 24 miles E. of Melrose,
Roxburghshire. Old Melrose was the site of a Colum-
ban monastery (7th century), similar to that of Iona,
and afterwards of a chapel, dedicated to St Cuthbert, to
which frequent pilgrimages were made.

Melrose Hall, seat, near AVimbledon, Surrey.

Melsa, East-Riding Yorkshire. See Meaux.

Melsctler, seat, Walls and Flotta par., Hoy island,
Orkney, at head of Long Hope, 18 m. SAY. of Kirkwall.

Melsonby, par., township, and vil., North-Riding
Yorkshire—par., 3295 ac., pop. 562; township, 2743
ac., pop. 532; vil., 54 miles NE. of Richmond; P.O.;
has traces of nunnery of time of Henry II.

Mellliam, town and township with ry. sta., Almond-
bury par., S. div. AVest-Riding Yorkshire, 5 miles SW.
of Huddersfield, 4692 ac., pop. 4529; P.O., T.O. ; is a
busy place, with woollen, cotton, and thread mills ; in
vicinity is Melthani Hall, seat.

Meltbvvaite. See Irion, Santon, and Melthwaite.

Melton.—par. and vil. with ry. sta., Suffolk, on
river Deben, 1 mile NE. of AVoodbridge and 114 miles
NE. of Ipswich by rail, 1429 ac., pop. 1400; P.O. ; has
machine works and trade in corn and coals; in vicinity
of vil. are Melton Hall and Melton Lodge, seats ; 1
mile N. of vil. is the county lunatic asylum.—2. Mel-
ton, township, AA^relton par., East-Riding Yorkshire,
14 mile NW. of Ferriby sta. and 84 AY. of Hull, 897 ac.
and 512 tidal water and 469 foreshore, pop. 172 ; P.O.

Melton, Great, par. and vil., Norfolk, 4 miles NE.
of AA^rymondham, 2485 ac., pop. 311; in vicinity of vil.
is Melton Hall, seat.

Melton, High, par., E. div. West-Riding Yorkshire,
44 miles SW. of Doncaster, 1525 ac., pop. 151; Melton
Hall, seat, is in a well-wooded park.

Melton, Little, par. and vil., Norfolk, 1 mile NE. of
Great Melton, 671 ac., pop. 357.

Melton, West, vil., Wath-upon-Dearne par., S. div.
AVest-Riding Yorkshire, 54 miles N. of Rotherham ; P.O.

Melton Constable (with Burgli Parva), par. and
ry. sta., Norfolk, 54 miles SW. of Holt and 20 miles
NW. of Norwich, 2710 ac., pop. 118 ; P.O., T.O.; Melton
Hall (1680), seat of Lord Hastings, stands in a park
4 miles in circuit.

Melton (or Eastern) Division, The, parl. div. of
Leicestershire, pop. 49,851.

Melton Magna, Norfolk. See Melton, Great.

Melton Mowbray, market town, par., and township,
Leicestershire, 144 miles NE. of Leicester and 102 miles
NAY. of London by rail—par., 10,266 ac., pop. 6347;
township, 5680 ac., pop. 5820; town, 2544 ac., pop.
5766 ; P.O., T.O., 4 Banks, 3 newspapers. Market-day,
Tuesday. The town is situated in a rich valley not far
from the confluence of the rivers Eye and AVreak, and
on the old road from Leeds to London. Domesday
Book refers to it as Medeltune; and during the Civil
AVar in the time of Charles I. it was the scene of a
great engagement between the Royalists and the Parlia-
mentarians, in which the latter were defeated. During
the hunting season the celebrated Melton hunt attracts
large numbers of the wealthier classes to the town.
Stilton cheese and pork pies are the most familiar articles
of its trade; of the latter over 3 tons a week are sent to
all parts of the country.

Melton Parva, Norfolk. See Milton, Little.

Melton Boss, par. and vil., Lincolnshire, 5 miles
NE. of Brigg, 1755 ac., pop. 176; P.O.

Meltonby, curacy, Pocklington par., East-Riding
Yorkshire. See Yapham-cum-Meltonby.

Melvaig, coast vil., in par. and 10 miles NW. of Gair-
loch, NW. Ross and Cromarty.

Melverley, par. and vil., Shropshire, on river
Vyrnwy, at its influx to the Severn, 4 miles NW. of
Westbury sta., which is 11 miles W. of Shrewsbury,
1418 ac., pop. 188.

Gazetteer of the British Isles, Statistical and Topographical, by John Bartholomew, F.R.G.S.

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