Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Melmerby

Melmerby.-- par. and vil., Cumberland, 8½ miles NE. of Penrith, 5362 ac., pop. 286; P.O.; Melmerby Fell, 2330 ft. high, is crossed near its summit by the Maiden Way; Melmerby Hall is an ancient residence.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Melmerby CP/AP       Cumberland AncC
Place: Melmerby

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