Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Melbourne

Melbourne, township and vil., Thornton par., East-Riding Yorkshire, 5 miles SW. of Pocklington, 3148 ac., pop. 462; P.O.; in vicinity of vil. is Melbourne Hall, seat.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "township and village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Yorkshire AncC
Place: Melbourne

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