Melling-with-Wrayton

54.136797 - 2.615182Koordinaten: 54 ° 8 ' N, 2 ° 37 ' W

Melling -with- Wrayton is a civil parish in Lancashire, England, with 290 inhabitants ( 2001), which consists of the village and the hamlet of Melling Wrayton. The place is mentioned in the Doomsday Book as Mellinge.

Melling is on a natural hill above the River Lune, whose course was once closer to the place that has, however, now moved in a westerly direction to the place Arkholme. Located in the village are the remains of a fortress from the 12th century, the attachment had been on a man-made hill, a moth built. This hill rises today 6 m in the garden of the vicarage, but he has been severely damaged. Remains of the fortified tower that no longer exist. The castle is one of several castles in the valley of the River Lune, which no longer exist today, but which was once considered an important line of defense against invasions from the north to England, via the mountain pass of Shap Summit and then along the course of the River Lune at Tebay could be accomplished, protected and still demonstrate the frontier nature of the area after the Norman conquest.

The position of the Church of St Wilfrid suspect leave on the hill fortress of Melling and Norman remains on their walls that they in the chapel of the fortified tower has its origin. The oldest still existing building parts of the church date from around 1300. But a large part of the building dates back to the 15th century and was equally rebuilt and restored both in the 18th century as in the 19th century. The church is now protected in grade I listed building.

Until 1952 Melling had a station on the railway line of the former Furness and Midland Joint Railway, which is part of the railway Leeds - Morecambe today.