Melmerby, Richmondshire

Melmerby
Melmerby
Melmerby
Melmerby shown within North Yorkshire
Population	40
OS grid reference	SE077852
Civil parish	Melmerby
District	Richmondshire
Shire county	North Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Leyburn
Postcode district	DL8
Police	North Yorkshire
Fire	North Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
EU Parliament	Yorkshire and the Humber
List of places UK England Yorkshire 54°15′47″N 1°53′00″W / 54.26316°N 1.88323°W / 54.26316; -1.88323Coordinates: 54°15′47″N 1°53′00″W / 54.26316°N 1.88323°W / 54.26316; -1.88323

Melmerby is a village and civil parish in the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire, England. It lies in Coverdale in the Yorkshire Dales about 3 miles (4.8 km) south-west of Leyburn. Its neighbours are the villages of Carlton and Agglethorpe. The population of the civil parish was estimated at 40 in 2015.

Melmerby was mentioned in the Domesday Book. The name is Old Norse, meaning "Melmor's farmstead": the personal name Melmor is a Scandinavian borrowing from the Old Irish personal name Máel Muire. Melmerby was historically a township in the large ancient parish of Coverham in the North Riding of Yorkshire, and became a separate civil parish in 1866. In 1974 it was transferred to the new county of North Yorkshire.

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