Melmerby is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, that lies 3.7 miles north of Ripon and 0.6 miles west of the A1(M) motorway. The population was 386 in the 2011 census. The name is of Old Norse origin and means a sandy settlement. The form of the name has been influenced by Melmerby in Coverdale, 16 miles west, which has a different origin…
Melmerby is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, that lies 3.7 miles north of Ripon and 0.6 miles west of the A1(M) motorway. The population was 386 in the 2011 census. The name is of Old Norse origin and means a sandy settlement. The form of the name has been influenced by Melmerby in Coverdale, 16 miles west, which has a different origin. Many of the fields in the area have Norse names too, e.g. Halikeld, where 'keld' is an Old Norse word for 'spring'.
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