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Population
  
120

Region
  
East

Sovereign state
  
United Kingdom

Dialling code
  
01234

Civil parish
  
Yielden

Unitary authority
  
Borough of Bedford

OS grid reference
  
TL028657

Country
  
England

Post town
  
BEDFORD

Ceremonial county
  
Bedfordshire

UK parliament constituency
  
North East Bedfordshire

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Melchbourne is a small village located in the Borough of Bedford in Bedfordshire, England.

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Map of Melchbourne, Bedford, UK

The village is located west of Swineshead and east of Yielden. Melchbourne forms part of the Melchbourne and Yielden (where the 2011 Census population was included) civil parish.

Melchbourne Preceptory was located in the village. Today the village is the location of the Church of St Mary Magdalene.

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Notable residents

  • Audrey Lawson-Johnston, the last living survivor of the sinking of the RMS Lusitania in 1915. Died 2013.
  • Sarah Kennedy, BBC radio presenter. Moved 2012
  • Major Gen; Sir Percy Cox , British Diplomat (died there 1937) Influential figure in founding of Iraq.

    • References

    Melchbourne Wikipedia
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