Melbourne (Derbyshire)

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Melbourne
Coordinates 52 ° 49 ′  N , 1 ° 26 ′  W Coordinates: 52 ° 49 ′  N , 1 ° 26 ′  W
Melbourne (England)
Melbourne
Melbourne
Residents 4308 (status: 2001)
administration
Part of the country England
Shire county South Derbyshire
District Derbyshire
Civil Parish Melbourne

Melbourne is a city and an administrative division in the district of South Derbyshire in the county of Derbyshire , England. Melbourne is 7 miles from Derby . In 2001 it had 4308 inhabitants. Melbourne was mentioned as Milebvrne in the Domesday Book in 1086 .

Melbourne Castle, now a ruined castle

Personalities

  • Thomas Cook (1808-1892), Baptist clergyman and founder of the travel company of the same name

Individual evidence

  1. Ordnance Survey: Melbourne ( English ) Ordnance Survey Linked Data. Retrieved May 17, 2017.
  2. GENUKI: Distance from MELBOURNE [SK386252 ] ( English ) Retrieved on May 17, 2017.
  3. KS01 population
  4. The Domesday Book Online: Derbyshire FR ( English ) Retrieved May 17, 2017.