Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for MELMERBY

MELMERBY, a township in Coverham parish. N. R. Yorkshire; near the river Cover, 4¼ miles SW of Leyburn r. station. Acres, 1,153. Real property, £850. Pop., 123. Houses, 28.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Yorkshire AncC
Place: Melmerby

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