In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Melbourne like this:
MELBOURNE, or MELBURN, a township in Thornton parish, E. R. Yorkshire; on the Pocklington canal, 4 ½ miles SW of Pocklington. It has a post office under York, and a Wesleyan chapel. Acres, 3,130. Real property, £3,198. Pop., 568. Houses, 119.
Melbourne through time
Melbourne is now part of East Riding of Yorkshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how East Riding of Yorkshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Melbourne itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Melbourne, in East Riding of Yorkshire and East Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13470
Date accessed: 18th April 2024
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