Melton, East Riding of Yorkshire

Melton is a small village in the civil parish of Welton, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated about 8mi west of Kingston upon Hull city centre near to the Humber Estuary and about 0.6mi east of the village of Welton with which it is nearly contiguous.Modern geographyThe village is bounded to the south by the A63 road, and is 0.6mi north of the Humber Estuary bank. The village is on the southern edge of the Yorkshire Wolds approximately 15to above sea level, to the north-east 'Melton Hill' rises to a height of 92m. The A63 road passes east-west directly south of Melton, and effectively divides the low-lying clays of the Humber foreshore from the chalk uphills of the Wolds. In 2002–03 the village became part of the South Hunsley Ward of the East Riding of Yorkshire, and within the Haltemprice and Howden parliamentary constituency. South Hunsley School is located on the western fringes of the village.HistoryWilliam Melton, Archbishop of York (d. 1340) is thought to have originated from Melton.The land around Melton was enclosed by Act of Parliament in 1771/3. By the beginning of the 19th century the village and environs became the dwelling place of several worthies of Kingston upon Hull; including Benjamin Blaydes (1735–1805), and J.S. Williamson at Melton Hill. In 1823 the population was 107. Melton Grange was built around 1745, Melton Hill to the higher ground north-east of the village was established in the late 1700s, Melton House was constructed around 1830; a Roman burial was discovered near Melton House around 1840, including a gold brooch.