Melsonby
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Melsonby is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It lies west of the A1(M) motorway and north of the A66.
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Place details
- Locality
- Melsonby
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 735
- Timezone
- Europe/London
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.static_image
- Melsonby - geograph.org.uk - 75064.jpg
- UK place.static_image_width
- 250px
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Melsonby Village
- UK place.official_name
- Melsonby
- UK place.population
- 735
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011 census)
- UK place.unitary_england
- North Yorkshire
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- North Yorkshire
- UK place.region
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Richmond and Northallerton
- UK place.post_town
- RICHMOND
- UK place.postcode_district
- DL10
- UK place.postcode_area
- DL
- UK place.dial_code
- 01325
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- NZ198084
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Governance
- Church
- Melsonby Hoard
- Murder of Diana Garbutt
- In popular culture
- See also
- References
- External links
Melsonby is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It lies west of the A1(M) motorway and north of the A66.
==Etymology== The second element in the name Melsonby is the Old Norse suffix -by, meaning "farm, settlement". The first element may be the Old Irish personal name Maelsuithan, which indicates Norse-Gaelic settlement in the area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Melsonby” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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