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Melchbourne par. and vil., Bedfordshire, 5½ miles SE. of Higham Ferrers, 2574 ac., pop. 219; Melchbourne Hall, seat of Lord St John of Bletsoe, stands in a fine park; there are some remains of a preceptory of Knights Hospitallers of time of Henry I.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "parish and village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Melchbourne Parish Bedfordshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Melchbourne |
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