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MELBOURNE, Derbyshire

"MELBOURN is a parish, in the hundred of Repton and Gresley. The village, which is a considerable one, and of some antiquity, is situate seven miles and a half S.S.E. from Derby, and about six N.N.E. from Ashby-de-la-Zouch. Camden notices this place as having a castle, wherein John Duke of Bourbon, of the blood royal of France, was incarcerated nine years, having been taken prisoner at the battle of Agincourt." [There is further information for Melbourne]

[Description from Pigot and Co's Commercial Directory for Derbyshire, 1835]

Bibliography

• Heath, Philip - John Joseph Briggs's Diary. Published by The Melbourne Historical Research Group. ISBN 0-903463-78-4.

Biography

• There is an account of the life of Thomas Cook, the travel pioneer, in the Derbyshire Family History Society Journal, Issue 90, September 1999, pp39-40.

Church Records

• Blanche Charles's East Midlands General Baptist History website features her ongoing transcriptions of Baptist registers, which include those belonging to the Baptist Church in Melbourne.

Description and Travel

• Melbourne, Derbyshire local town site - general information, community, tourism.

Directories

• A Description of Melbourn and Directory for Melbourn, Repton-with-Bretby, Ticknall, Caulk, Chellaston, Foremark-with-Ingleby, Smisby, Stanton-by-Bridge, Swarkeston, Twyford, Willington and neighbourhoods transcribed from Pigot and Co's Commercial Directory for Derbyshire, 1835 by Rosemary Lockie.

• Transcription of section of Kelly's Directory (1891) for Melbourne (with Kings Newton) by Ann Andrews. Added 15 Jul 2007.

Gazetteers

• The transcription of the section for Melbourne from the National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.

Genealogy

• Extracts from Trade Directories, Parish Registers, Census, &c. and other miscellaneous information for this area may be found on Brett Payne's South Derbyshire Genealogical Resources. Site is updated regularly.

Schools

• "The grammar school at Melbourne, to be supervised by the chantry priest of St Katherine, was founded by the will of Sir Ralph Shirley, dated 10 March 1514 (VCHD 2,207)."
  (Ref: A History of Derbyshire, Gladwyn Turbutt, 1999; VCHD=The Victoria History of the County of Derby)

Societies

• Melbourne Historical Research Group - formed in 2000, this site provides information about the group's activities over the last four years. Added 12 Sep 2004.

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