MELDON, a parish in Morpeth district, Northumberland; on the Wansbeck river and the Wansbeck Valley railway, 6 miles W by S of Morpeth. It has a station on the railway; and its Post town is Morpeth. Acres, 993. Real property, £.2,548. Pop., 144. Houses, 27. The manor, with Meldon Park, belongs to John Cookson, Esq. Meldon Tower existed in the time of Henry VI.; was the seat of the Fenwicks; is associated, in curious local tradition, with Meg o' Meldon, mother of Sir W. Fenwick in the 17th century; and has completely disappeared. Meldon Water-mill is said to have been a momentary resting-point of Oliver Cromwell in 1651. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Durham. Value, £288.* Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Durham.,he church was restored by Dr. Raine, the antiquary,.w ho was rector.

(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))