Melton, Suffolk

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{{Infobox UK place

| official_name= Melton

| country= England

| region= East of England

| os_grid_reference=

| coordinates = {{coord|52.105752|1.331663|display=inline,title}}

| population= 3,741

| population_ref= (2011)

| post_town= WOODBRIDGE

| postcode_area= IP

| postcode_district= IP12

| dial_code= 01394

| shire_county= Suffolk

| shire_district= East Suffolk

| hide_services= Yes

| static_image_name= St. Andrew's; the original parish church of Melton - geograph.org.uk - 586163.jpg

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| static_image_caption= St. Andrew's, Melton old church

| constituency_westminster = Suffolk Coastal

}}

Melton is a village in Suffolk, England, located approximately one mile northeast of Woodbridge. The 2001 census recorded a population of 3,718,{{cite web|title=Melton Village Profile|url=https://melton-suffolk-pc.gov.uk/documents/melton-village-profile/|access-date=21 December 2010|publisher=Melton Parish Council}} the population increasing to 3,741 at the 2011 Census.{{NOMIS2011|id=1170221181|title=Melton Parish|access-date=9 March 2018}} The village is served by Melton railway station on the Ipswich-Lowestoft East Suffolk Line.{{cite map|author=Ordnance Survey|pages=|id=212|isbn=0319244059|format=|language=|location=|edition=|inset=|sections=|section=|page=|title=Woodbridge & Saxmundham|publisher=|series=Explorer|scale=1:25,000|url=|year=|date=2015-09-16|map-url=|map=|trans-title=}} The parish contains 'Woodbridge' Melton, an area of building contiguous with Woodbridge but separated from most of Melton by the wood,{{cite map|author=Ordnance Survey|pages=|id=212|isbn=0319244059|format=|language=|location=|edition=|inset=|sections=|section=|page=|title=Woodbridge & Saxmundham|publisher=|series=Explorer|scale=1:25,000|url=|year=|date=2015-09-16|map-url=|map=|trans-title=}} 'Village' Melton, centred around the A1152 and A1438,{{Cite web|title=History|url=https://melton-suffolk-pc.gov.uk/village-of-melton/history/|access-date=2022-01-10|website=Melton Parish Council}} Melton Park or Melton St Audry's, a housing estate converted from an asylum,{{Cite web|title=Melton Park|url=https://www.mpmcl.co.uk/|access-date=2022-01-10|website=Melton Park Management Company}} and various outlying hamlets.{{cite map|author=Ordnance Survey|pages=|id=212|isbn=0319244059|format=|language=|location=|edition=|inset=|sections=|section=|page=|title=Woodbridge & Saxmundham|publisher=|series=Explorer|scale=1:25,000|url=|year=|date=2015-09-16|map-url=|map=|trans-title=}}

Melton was the effective capital of the Liberty of St Etheldreda and housed a gaol and various other buildings.[https://heritage.suffolk.gov.uk/Monument/MSF10505 Melton Old Gaol] Historic Suffolk record