Melbourne

Other current and historical names

Melburn
Midelborne
Middelburne

Built-Up Area: Melbourne
Parish/Community: Melbourne
Unitary Authority: East Riding of Yorkshire
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 53°53'15"N 0°51'32"W
Eastings/Northings: 475091, 444087
OS Grid: SE750440
Mapcode Local: GBR QRFH.T4
Mapcode Global: WHFCL.SK41

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Melbourne within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Melbourne in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Melbourne, township and vil., Thornton par., East-Riding Yorkshire, 5 miles SW. of Pocklington, 3148 ac., pop. 462; P.O.; in vicinity of vil. is Melbourne Hall, seat.

Melbourne in the Domesday Book

A village in Cave hundred, in the county of Yorkshire.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Edeva wife of Topi
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ralph of Mortimer
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph of Mortimer
- Taxable Value: 6 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066
- Woodland: 2 mixed measures

British Place Names

Melbourne, East Riding of Yorkshire

Melbourne is a village in Melbourne , East Riding of Yorkshire

Melbourne in historic gazetteers

Melbourne in the Domesday Book