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Melbecks is a civil parish in Swaledale, North Yorkshire, England.

History

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It is located in upper Swaledale and covers the settlements of Gunnerside, Low Row, Feetham and Kearton.[1] Melbecks is first recorded in 1676 under the Grinton Parish register, and its name derives from the Old Norse melr and bekkr, and means sand-bank streams.[2][3] There is no settlement called Melbecks, but the upland to the north of Gunnerside is known as Melbecks Moor.[4][5][6]

Historically, Melbecks was a township in the wapentake of Gilling West and in the Rural District of Reeth.[7] From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Richmondshire, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council. Melbecks was made into its own Ecclesiastical Parish in 1838, and the church for the Melbecks parish, dedicated to the Holy Trinity, is at Feetham on the north side of the road through the hamlet.[8][9][10] Both the Ecclesiastical Parish and the civil parish were separated from Grinton in 1838, and 1866 respectively.[11]

The parish council conducts meetings alternately between the villages of Gunnerside and Low Row.[12] It is represented at Westminster as part of the Richmond & Northallerton Constituency.[13]

Population

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Population of Melbecks 1801–2015[14][15][16][17][18]
1801 1811 1821 1831 1841 1851 1861 1871 1881 1891 1901 1911 1921 1931 1951 1961 1971 2001 2011 2015
1,274 1,586 1,726 1,455 1,633 1,661 1,622 1,437 1,165 600 497 411 415 402 388 345 299 285 273 280[note 1]

The decrease in population of 75% between 1871 and 1891 was down to the collapse of the lead mining industry, which in the parish of Melbecks, was centred around Barney Beck and the moorland to the north of Gunnerside and Low Row.[19] Likewise, a surge in population numbers was experienced in the parish before 1821 due to an influx of miners.[20]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ↑ Estimated population.

References

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  1. ↑ "Melbecks (Low Row), Yorkshire Genealogy". FamilySearch Wiki. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
  2. ↑ Smith, A. H. (1979) [1928]. The Place Names of the North Riding of Yorkshire. English Place Name Society. p. 271. OCLC 19714705.
  3. ↑ Metcalfe, Peter; Gower, Ted (1992). Place-names of the Yorkshire Dales: origins and meanings. Harrogate: North Yorkshire Marketing. p. 58. ISBN 1-873214-03-0.
  4. ↑ Speight, Harry (1897). Romantic Richmondshire : Being a complete account of the history, antiquities and scenery of the picturesque valleys of the Swale and Yore. London: Elliot Stock. p. 262. OCLC 7241488.
  5. ↑ Duerden, Frank (1999). Yorkshire Dales. London: Brockhampton. p. 120. ISBN 1860199631.
  6. ↑ Scholes, Ron (2006). Yorkshire Dales. Ashbourne: Landmark. p. 145. ISBN 1843062097.
  7. ↑ Guide No. 6: North Yorkshire Gazetteer of Townships and Parishes. Northallerton: North Yorkshire County Council. 2021 [1986]. p. 21. ISBN 0 906035 29 5.
  8. ↑ Arnold-Forster, Francis Egerton (1899). Studies in church dedications : or, England's patron saints. London: Skeffington & Son. p. 371.
  9. ↑ "Parishes: Grinton | British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 6 April 2026.
  10. ↑ Hartley, Marie (1974). The Yorkshire dales. London: Dent. p. 305. ISBN 0460020188.
  11. ↑ Youngs, Frederic A. (1981). Guide to the local administrative units of England II; Northern England (2 ed.). London: Office of the Royal Hist. Soc. p. 550. ISBN 0901050679.
  12. ↑ "melbecks-pc". www.2dales.org.uk. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
  13. ↑ "Election Maps". www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Retrieved 6 April 2026. Click on the boundary tab on the left and activate Civil Parish and Westminster Constituencies; zoom in and click on Melbecks to activate which administrative division you require
  14. ↑ Page, William, ed. (1907). The Victoria history of the county of York. vol 3. London: Constable & Co. p. 510. OCLC 500092527.
  15. ↑ "Melbecks Parish". visionofbritain.org.uk. Retrieved 6 April 2026.
  16. ↑ UK Census (2001). "Local Area Report – MelbecksParish (36UE063)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 6 April 2026.
  17. ↑ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Melbecks Parish (E04007502)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 6 April 2026.
  18. ↑ "2015 Population Estimates: Parishes" (PDF). northyorks.gov.uk. December 2016. p. 15. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 June 2022. Retrieved 6 April 2026.
  19. ↑ Raistrick, Arthur; Jennings, Bernard (1966) [1965]. A history of lead mining in the pennines. London: Longmans. OCLC 228775361.
  20. ↑ Hallas, C. S. (1993). "Industry in a rural area: employment and wages in the Swalewadle and Wensleydale lead industry in the nineteenth century". Yorkshire Archaeological Journal. 65. Leeds: Yorkshire Archaeological Society: 154. ISSN 0084-4276.

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