Melmerby, Harrogate

Not to be confused with Melmerby, Richmondshire.

Coordinates: 54°11′14″N 1°29′04″W / 54.18714°N 1.48431°W / 54.18714; -1.48431

Melmerby
Melmerby  Melmerby shown within North Yorkshire
OS grid reference	SE337769
Parish	Melmerby
District	Harrogate
Shire county	North Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	RIPON
Postcode district	HG4
Police	North Yorkshire
Fire	North Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
EU Parliament	Yorkshire and the Humber
List of places: UK • England • Yorkshire

Melmerby is a village and civil parish in the Harrogate district of North Yorkshire, England. Whilst the name is of viking origin, many of the fields in the area have saxon names eg Halikeld.

Until the late 1950s, the village was the site of a major rural railway junction. Situated on the main Harrogate to Northallerton via Ripon railway line (closed 1968), a branch line (closed 1963) ran westwards from Melmerby to the small market town of Masham, famous for brewing. A line (closed 1959) also ran north eastwards linking Melmerby with the East Coast Main Line at Thirsk.

The village is part of the parish of Melmerby and Middleton Quernhow, a small hamlet a quarter of a mile north of the village. The population is approximately 430.

During the war the village was the site a a large munitions store, taking advantage of the railway access.

The Methodist Church in Melmerby

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