Melbourne wani gari ne a Kudancin Derbyshire kusa da Kogin Trent, wanda zai iya samo asali ne a matsayin gine-ginen da ke da alaƙa da gidan sarauta a kudancin ƙauyen da ke kusa da Kings Newton. An gina Gidan Melbourne a kan gidan gidan da aka gina a baya na gidan da ba a san shi ba; akwai tsohuwar al'ada cewa an kafa gidan ne a farkon shekara ta 900, a lokacin mulkin Alfred Mai Girma, amma babu wata shaida ga wannan. Kamar yadda aka rubuta a cikin littafin Domesday, gidan sarauta na Melbourne da ƙasashenta mallakar Sarki Edward Mai Jaddadawa kafin Norman Conquest. Daga nan sai dukiyar ta shiga hannun William I na Ingila. Bayan ƙirƙirar Diocese na Carlisle a 1133, Henry I ya ba da gidan sarauta ga Æthelwold, bishop na farko.
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