Melchbourne and Yielden

Melchbourne and Yielden is a civil parish in the Borough of Bedford in the county of Bedfordshire, England.

Melchbourne and Yielden
Civil parish
Coordinates: 52.286°N 0.505°W / 52.286; -0.505
Country	England
Primary council	Bedford
County	Bedfordshire
Region	East of England
Status	Parish
Main settlements	Melchbourne, Yelden
Government
• Type	Parish Council
• UK Parliament	NE Bedfordshire
Population  (2011[1])
• Total	392
Area code	MK
Website	Melchbourne and Yelden Parish Council

The two parishes of Melchbourne and Yelden (also known as Yielden) were combined in 1934. Until 1974 the parish formed part of Bedford Rural District.

The official name of the parish as recorded by the Office for National Statistics and Ordnance Survey is "Melchbourne and Yielden", but the parish council calls itself "Melchbourne and Yelden Parish Council", using the other common variant spelling for Yelden. Ordnance Survey maps prior to the 1934 parish merger generally used the name "Yelden" for both the village and parish,^[2] whereas their maps since 1934 generally call the village "Yelden" but the parish "Melchbourne and Yielden",^[3] suggesting that the official use of the spelling "Yielden" in the merged parish name may have arisen from the 1934 North Bedfordshire Review Order which merged the parishes.^[4]