The Lamb Inn, High Street, Melbourne
Introduction
The photograph on this page of The Lamb Inn, High Street, Melbourne by Jerry Evans as part of the Geograph project.
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Image: © Jerry Evans Taken: 30 Jan 2008
The Inn sign shows a picture of Viscount Melbourne. William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, who resided at Melbourne Hall. He was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom briefly in 1834 and again from 1835 to 1841. The city of Melbourne in Australia was named after him in 1837.