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Melmerby is a village in Cumbria, England. It is a small village with a population of around 200. It is relatively quiet because the area is not as popular with tourists as other parts of Cumbria. The River Eden is bridged about away at Langwathby, and Long Meg and Her Daughters, the 3,500-year-old stone circle—the second largest in the country—is nearby at Little Salkeld. For the purposes of local government Melmerby is within the civil parish of Ousby, informally known as ''Ousby and Melmerby'', in the District of Eden. ==History== Melmerby is supposed to have taken its name from the residence of Melmor, a Dane who lived nearby in the 9th century. The most significant historic buildings surviving in the village today are the 13th century church of St John the Baptist and the Grade II Listed Melmerby Hall, begun as a defensive structure in the early 14th century. A petition received by Edward II between 1320 and 1326 reads: :"''John le Denum petitions the King that whereas he has a castle in Cumberland called Melmerby Tower, which could be kept by a dozen men at arms, he has kept it until now and has often been assailed by the Scots to their great loss, and John's lands are so devastated there and elsewhere that he can no longer bear the expense. He craves help in the form of wages or otherwise until times change, because all the country around would suffer great loss peril and loss if it were taken through lack of garrison.''"〔''Northern petitions illustrative of life in Berwick, Cumbria and Durham in the fourteenth century''. Ed. C. M. Fraser (Surtees Society vol. 194, 1981)〕 The hall, built from the local red sandstone, was extended in the 17th century and again in the 18th century in a Georgian style. The grounds include an archery lawn, walled vegetable gardens, a Victorian castle folly and wooded areas. Features inside include a priest hole and a large inglenook fireplace. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Melmerby, Cumbria」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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