Meldon is a village in

Northumberland Northumberland () is a county in Northern England, one of two counties in England which border with Scotland. Notable landmarks in the county include Alnwick Castle, Bamburgh Castle, Hadrian's Wall and Hexham Abbey. It is bordered by land ...

, England. It lies to the west of

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. The village is one of the 51

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in the United Kingdom that suffered no fatalities during the Great War of 1914–1918. The population of Meldon as taken at the 2001 Census was 162, increasing to 242 at the 2011 Census.

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GENUKI: Meldon, Northumberland Genealogy
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