Melton, Suffolk

Coordinates: 52°06′00″N 1°19′59″E / 52.1°N 1.333°E / 52.1; 1.333

Melton, Suffolk
St. Andrew's, Melton old church
Melton, Suffolk  Melton, Suffolk shown within Suffolk
Shire county	Suffolk
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
EU Parliament	East of England
List of places: UK • England • Suffolk

Melton is a village in Suffolk, England, located approximately one mile north east of Woodbridge. The 2001 census recorded a population of 3718.^[1] The village is served by Melton railway station on the Ipswich-Lowestoft East Suffolk Line.

Melton was covered in the Domesday Book. In 1774 a local Act established the Loes and Wilford Hundred Incorporation at Melton. The House of Industry (workhouse) operated until 1826. From 1826 the building became the Suffolk County Asylum for Pauper Lunatics. Much altered during the 19th and early 20th centuries, in 1916 the asylum became known as St Audry's Hospital, which was closed in 1993 (approx date).^[2] The buildings have been converted into residential accommodation.

Melton was originally settled around the old church in the north east of Melton, later moving to Yarmouth Road, which is the old road between Great Yarmouth and London. The bestselling Victorian novelist Henry Seton Merriman died at Melton in 1903.

References

1. ^ Parish website: Retrieved 21 December 2010.
2. ^ "Suffolk County Asylum: St Audrey's Hospital". County Asylums. http://www.countyasylums.com/mentalasylums/staudrys01.htm. Retrieved 29 September 2009. 

External links

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