Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Melsonby

Melsonby, par., township, and vil., North-Riding Yorkshire - par., 3295 ac., pop. 562; township, 2743 ac., pop. 532; vil., 5½ miles NE. of Richmond; P.O.; has traces of nunnery of time of Henry II.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish, township, and village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Melsonby CP/AP       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Melsonby

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