MELDON, a parish in the western division of CASTLE
ward, county of NORTHUMBERLAND, 6 miles (W. S.W.)
from Morpeth, containing 156 inhabitants. The living
is a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Northumberland,
and diocese of Durham, rated in the king's
books at £4. 7. 11., endowed with £400 private benefaction,
£200 royal bounty, and £300 parliamentary
grant, and in the patronage of the Dean and Chapter
of Durham. The church is dedicated to St. John the
Evangelist.