Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Melbecks

Major Settlement in the Parish of Grinton

Historical Forms

Melbecks 1676 Grinton

Etymology

'Sand-bank streams' v. melr , bekkr and cf. Melbecks (Cu).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement