Melling
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Melling, is the name of several places in England;one in New Zealand and one in Styria, Austria. The name was once used on a locomotive. Melling originates from the Anglo-Saxon roots for "The homestead of Maella", (or Malla), first settled in Lancashire, England by Maella's family in the 6th century. As a surname it derives from the places in England, and is also found in fiction as character names and place names.
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[edit] Places
- Melling, Merseyside, an area of Sefton, Merseyside, England
- Melling, Lancashire is a village in Carnforth, Lancashire, England
- Wald am Schoberpass, has a hamlet called 'Melling', in the district of Leoben in Styria, Austria
- Melling, New Zealand is a suburb of Lower Hutt, New Zealand
- Melling Branch a commuter branch line to the above suburb
- Melling Railway Station the terminal station for the above line
[edit] Motorsport
- Melling Racing was a NASCAR team that ran from 1982 to 2002
[edit] Things
- Melling was the name of a GWR Hawthorn Class 2-4-0 locomotive.
[edit] People
- Al Melling, of Melling Consultancy Design, (MCD), is a prolific car engine designer.
- Harry Melling of Melling Engine Parts sponsored NASCAR Racing.
- Actor Harry Melling [1] was Dudley Dursley in the Harry Potter films.
- William Melling played the film-only character of Nigel Wespurt in the Harry Potter franchise
- Charlie Herron A young boy who was famous for being gay.
- Philip H. Melling, (Ph.D. Manchester), is the founding head of the American Studies Faculty, University of Wales, Swansea, [2](Literature, contemporary ethnic writing).
- O.R. Melling is the pen-name of G.V. Whelan.
- Antoine Ignace Melling (1763–1831) was Court Architect and Engraver to Ottoman Sultan Selim III, and Landscape Painter to the Empress Josephine of France.
[edit] Fictional people
- Actor Sir Michael Caine played Victor Melling in the film Miss Congeniality
- Margaret Biggs is the author of the Melling School series of books for girls in the 1950s, 1960s and reprinted in the 2000s.
- Robin Klein is the author of All in the Blue Unclouded Weather. This is a collection of interlinked nostalgic stories set in a late 1940s Australian country town, which focus on the four young Melling sisters: Vivienne, Cathy, Heather, and Grace.
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