Melbourne iguta riri muSouth Derbyshire pedyo neRwizi Trent, iro rinogona kunge rakatanga sezvivakwa zvine chekuita neimba yamambo kumaodzanyemba kwenzvimbo iri padyo paMadzimambo Newton. Kwekutanga Melbourne Castle yakavakwa panzvimbo yeimba yemambo yekare yezuva risingazivikanwe; pane tsika yekare yekuti imba yemambo yakatanga kumisikidzwa munenge mugore ra900, panguva yekutonga kwaAlfred Mukuru, asi hapana humbowo hweizvi. Sezvakanyorwa mu Domesday Book, imba yemambo yeMelbourne nenzvimbo dzayo dzaive nhaka yaMambo Edward Murevereri pamberi peNorman Conquest. Imba yacho yakabva yapinda mumaoko aWilliam I weEngland. Mushure mekugadzira Diocese yeCarlisle muna 1133, Henry I akapa imba yemambo kweupenyu hwese kuna Æthelwold, bhishopu wekutanga. Imwe nguva gare gare, Diocese yakavaka imba yamambo padyo neiyo zvino yava Æthelwold yaMambo Edmund Newton.
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