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| Melton Ross: Known at one time as Medeltone and later as Meltuna, Miauton and Meelton Roos, the Melton section of the village name means 'middle farmstead'. The Ross section is a manorial affix from the de Ros family who had connections with the village in the 14th century. The Parish of Melton Ross was thought to originally have belonged to the ancient family of de Ros. Lord Ros became the eighth Earl of Rutland during Henry VIII's reign. The de Ros family inherited Belvoir castle when Robert de Ros, the 1st Baron Ros married Isabel d'Albini, daughter of William d'Albini of Belvoir. The Ross family also had a house or stronghold of some kind in Melton Ross. This house or stronghold was situated in the field that stands between the church and the railway. In this field there is a large raised area where the house or stronghold is said to have stood. The Ros family had a long standing feud with the Tyrwhit family of Kettleby, whose family monuments can be seen in the nearby church of Bigby. In 1411 the Tyrwhit's of Kettleby were said to have attacked the Manor of Melton Ross with five hundred armed men. Several deaths on both sides were the results of this battle. This feuding between the families carried on for many years, as two hundred years later James 1st ordered the erection of the gallows with the instructions that any more deaths resulting from this feud should be punished as murder. Although not the originals, the gallows still stand to this day by the side of the A18 road midway between Melton Ross and the village of Wrawby. Melton Ross was leased to the Pelham's of Brocklesby in 1607. In 1752 the parish was owned by John Manners, Marquis of Granby who was the son of the Duke of Rutland. In 1752 John Manners sold the parish of Melton Ross to Charles Anderson Pelham who went on to become the first Lord Yarborough. Much of the land in and around Melton Ross is still owned by the Yarborough family today. New Barnetby: |
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