Meldon, Northumberland

Meldon

St. John the Baptist Church, Meldon
Meldon
Meldon shown within Northumberland
Population 162 (2001 census)[1]
OS grid reference NZ125835
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town MORPETH
Postcode district NE61
Police Northumbria
Fire Northumberland
Ambulance North East
EU Parliament North East England
UK Parliament

Meldon is a village in Northumberland, England. It lies to the west of Morpeth. The village is one of the 51 Thankful Villages in the United Kingdom that suffered no fatalities during the Great War of 1914–1918.[2] The population of Meldon as taken at the 2001 Census was 162, increasing to 242 at the 2011 Census.[3]

Notes

  1. ↑ Office for National Statistics: Neighbourhood Statistics
  2. ↑ It is not strictly true that Meldon did not lose anyone in the 1914–18 war. George Alder Eamens, a native of Meldon, was killed. His details can be found on the War Graves Commission website. However he served in the Australian army, having previously emigrated. It can,therefore, be argued that he went to war from Australia and, had he survived, he would have returned to Australia. Nevertheless, some villages, e.g. Bamburgh, do acknowledge and include on their war memorials the names of former residents who had emigrated.
  3. ↑ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 29 January 2016.
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