Melling, Lancashire
Historical Description
Melling, a village, a township, and a parish in Lancashire. The village stands near the Furness and Midland railway, on which it has a station, 2 miles NNE of Hornby. It has a post and money order office under Camforth; telegraph office at railway station. The township bears the name of Melling-with-Wrayton, and comprises 1062 acres; population, 186; of the ecclesiastical parish, 325. The parish contains also the townships of Hornby, Farleton, Eoebumdale, Wennington, Wray-with-Botton, and Arkholme-with-Cawood. Much of the land, with Hornby Castle, belongs to the Foster family. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Manchester; grossvalue, £129 with residence. The church is Early Perpendicular English, includes a chantry at the E end of the S aisle, has some stained glass windows, and was repaired in 1855. The chapelries of Hornby, Arkholme, and Wray are separate benefices. There is a school with a small endowment.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Lancashire | |
Ecclesiastical parish | Melling St. Peter | |
Hundred | Lonsdale south of the Sands |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
Ancestry.co.uk, in association with Lancashire Archives, have images of the Parish Registers for Lancashire online.
Civil Registration
For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Melling from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Melling (St. Peter))
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Lancashire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Melling are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Lancashire newspapers online: