Melton Ross
- The parish was in the Brigg sub-district of the Glanford Brigg Registration District.
- Check our Census Resource page for county-wide resources.
- The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
Census
Year |
Piece No. |
| 1871 |
R.G. 10 / 3430 |
| 1891 |
R.G. 12 / 2626 |
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to the Holy Ascension.
- The church was rebuilt in 1867.
- The church seats about 176 people.
- Here is a photo of Holy Ascension Church, taken by Ron Cole (who retains the copyright):
- The Anglican parish register dates from 1568.
- The Lincolnshire FHS has published several marriage indexes and a burial index for the Yarborough Deanery to make your search easier.
- There was a Privitive Methodist chapel in the village, built in 1854. For more on researching these chapel records, see our non-conformist religions page.
- Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
- The parish was in the Brigg sub-district of the Glanford Brigg Registration District.
- Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which began in July, 1837.
Melton Ross is 166 miles north of London, 16 miles inland from the mouth of the River Humber and 5 miles east of Brigg. New Barnetby is a hamlet partially in the parish and partially in Barnetby-le-Wold parish. The parish is considered a small agricultural parish. It covers about 1,800 acres.
If you are planning a visit:
- By automobile, take the M180 Motorway east out of Scunthorpe. About a mile past the A15 juntion, where the M180 becomes the A180, turn south into Melton Ross.
- Visit our touring page for more sources.
- Melton Hall was formerly the property and seat of the ROSS family.
- Melton Hall, in 1900, was the residence of William John GRABURN.
- The national grid reference is TA 0610.
- You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer map, which has a scale of 2.5 inches to the mile.
- See our Maps page for additional resources.
- Michael Peck advises: "There are 3 memorials in the church at Melton Ross. One is a WW1 Roll of Honour, the 2nd a WW2 memorial and the 3rd for an individual who died in South Africa. There are no numbers mentioned, a rank only for the individual and arm of service only for the WW2 casualties. The details are recorded as written:"
WW1:
- Welton William (Fallen)
- Britt Tom
- Brown Willie
- Button Harry
- Chambers Walter
- Davis Samuel
- Drayton George
- Drayton Harry
- Foster William
- Gower Walter
- Mumby Harold
- Reed James
- Melton George
- Tune Mark
- Whitelam Harry
WW2:
- George Dexter, West Yorkshire Regiment
- Herbert Edward Wood, Royal Air Force
- David Robinson, Hampshire Regiment
- Herbert Grundy, Royal Berkshire Regiment
Individual:
- To the glory of God and in honoured memory of Godfrey West Webb son of Jonas and Mary Marshall Webb of this parish. Lance Corporal 10th Company, 3rd Battalion, Sherwood Rangers Imperial Yeomanry. Who having responded to the call of his country died on active service at Kroonstad, South Africa on July 30th 1900, aged 24 years.
- The name Melton Ross is from the Old English Med+ton, or "middle farmstead". The "Ross" portion comes from the "de Ros" family name.
[A. D. Mills, "A Dictionary of English Place-Names," Oxford University Press, 1991].
- The parish was in the southern division of the ancient Yarborough Wapentake in the Glanford district in the parts of Lindsey.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1801 |
102 |
| 1831 |
158 |
| 1871 |
171 |
| 1881 |
273 |
| 1891 |
191 |
| 1911 |
175 |
| 2001 |
186 |
- A school was built here in 1868 to hold up to 65 students.
- For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
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[Last updated: 16-May-2008 - Louis R. Mills]
