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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.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient CountyLancashire 
Ecclesiastical parishMelling St. Peter 
HundredLonsdale 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:


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:


Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Lancashire newspapers online:

DistrictLancaster
CountyLancashire
RegionNorth West
CountryEngland
Postal districtLA6
Post TownCarnforth

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