| 词条 | Melbourne, East Riding of Yorkshire |
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|country = England |static_image_name = Main Street, Melbourne, East Riding of Yorkshire.jpg |static_image_caption = Main Street, Melbourne |coordinates = {{coord|53.887011|-0.857140|display=inline,title}} |official_name = Melbourne |population = 793 |population_ref = (2011 census)[1] |civil_parish = Melbourne |unitary_england = East Riding of Yorkshire |region = Yorkshire and the Humber |lieutenancy_england = East Riding of Yorkshire |constituency_westminster = East Yorkshire |post_town = YORK |postcode_district = YO42 |postcode_area = YO |dial_code = 01759 |os_grid_reference = SE752440 |london_distance_mi = 165 |london_direction = S }} Melbourne is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately {{Convert|8|mi|km|0}} west of the market town of Market Weighton and {{Convert|4.5|mi|km|0}} south-west of the market town of Pocklington. The village lies just to the south of the Pocklington Canal. According to the 2011 UK census, Melbourne parish had a population of 793,[1] an increase on the 2001 UK census figure of 755.[2] In 1823, Melbourne was in the civil parish of Thorton and the Wapentake of Harthill. Within the village was a Wesleyan and a Primitive Methodist chapel. Population at the time was 437. Occupations included two blacksmiths, two shoemakers, a joiner, a wheelwright & machine maker, a bricklayer, a cattle dealer, a shopkeeper, a brick & tile maker, and fourteen farmers, one of whom was the landlord of The Cross Keys public house. Resident in the village were two gentlemen and a yeoman, and Lieutenant General James Wharton, who was a Justice of the peace and the Commissioner of Taxes for the East and North Ridings. A carrier operated between the village and York once a week.[3] CommunityFarming is a main economic driver in the area, however an agricultural machinery business employs about 40 people.[4] Amenities in Melbourne include a village hall, a playing field, a public house, and a shop. The Pocklngton Canal Amenity Society runs boat trips from the Melbourne Arm of the canal, on its trip boat New Horizons.[5] The village school is Melbourne Community Primary School.[6] A pre-school, which operated from the village hall, closed in December 2013. A sports and playing field association manage the village's playing field at the east end of Main Street. The playing field has a pavilion, scout hut, children's play area, tennis court, and football and cricket pitches. Sports' clubs in the village include a cricket and a football club, both based at the playing fields, and a bowling Club at the village hall.[7][8] {{clear left}}References1. ^1 {{NOMIS2011 | id = 1170211223 | title = Melbourne Parish | accessdate = 21 February 2018}} {{Refbegin}}2. ^{{cite web |url = http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=791001&c=Melbourne&d=16&e=15&g=391482&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1211193514264&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779 |title = 2001 Census: Key Statistics: Parish Headcounts: Area: Melbourne CP (Parish) |accessdate = 19 May 2008 |work = Neighbourhood Statistics |publisher = Office for National Statistics}} 3. ^{{cite book|authorlink=Edward Baines (1774–1848)|last=Baines|first= Edward|year=1823|title=History, Directory and Gazetteer of the County of York|page=369}} 4. ^{{cite news |last1=Bridgen |first1=Mike |title=Businessmen join agricultural machinery firm Sumo UK |url=https://www.darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk/business/12909982.businessmen-join-agricultural-machinery-firm-sumo-uk/ |accessdate=21 November 2018 |work=Darlington and Stockton Times |date=23 April 2015}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.pocklingtoncanalsociety.org/boattrips.html|title=Boat Trips From Melbourne on New Horizons |publisher=Pocklington Canal Society |date= |accessdate=9 December 2014}} 6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.melbourneprimary.org.uk/ |title=Melbourne Community Primary School - Welcome to |publisher=Melbourne Primary School |date= |accessdate=21 February 2014}} 7. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.melbournecc.org.uk/ |title=Melbourne Cricket Club, East Riding of Yorkshire |publisher=Melbourne Cricket Club |date= |accessdate=21 February 2014}} 8. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.melbournefc.org.uk/ |title=Melbourne Football Club, East Riding of Yorkshire |publisher=Melbourne Football Club |date= |accessdate=21 February 2014}}
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