| Country: | England |
| Static Image Name: | Melmerby.jpg |
| Static Image Caption: | Melmerby |
| Coordinates: | 54.2632°N -1.8832°W |
| Official Name: | Melmerby |
| Population: | 40 |
| Civil Parish: | Melmerby |
| Unitary England: | North Yorkshire |
| Lieutenancy England: | North Yorkshire |
| Region: | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Post Town: | Leyburn |
| Postcode District: | DL8 |
| Postcode Area: | DL |
| Os Grid Reference: | SE077852 |
Melmerby is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It lies in Coverdale in the Yorkshire Dales about 3miles south-west of Leyburn. Its neighbours are the villages of Carlton and Agglethorpe. The population of the civil parish was estimated at 40 in 2015.[1]
Melmerby was mentioned in the Domesday Book.[2] The name is Old Norse, meaning "Melmor's farmstead": the personal name Melmor is a Scandinavian borrowing from the Old Irish personal name Máel Muire.[3] Melmerby was historically a township in the large ancient parish of Coverham in the North Riding of Yorkshire,[2] and became a separate civil parish in 1866.[4] In 1974 it was transferred to the new county of North Yorkshire.