Kirkby Malham

Coordinates: 54°02′N 2°09′W / 54.033°N 2.150°W / 54.033; -2.150
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Kirkby Malham
Village
Kirby Malham looking towards Gordale Scar]]
Kirkby Malham is located in North Yorkshire
Kirkby Malham
Kirkby Malham
Location within North Yorkshire
OS grid referenceSD894609
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Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townSKIPTON
Postcode districtBD23
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54°02′N 2°09′W / 54.033°N 2.150°W / 54.033; -2.150

Kirkby Malham is a small village and civil parish in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England. Situated in the Yorkshire Dales it lies 6 miles (9.7 km) east of Settle. The population of the civil parish as taken in the 2011 Census (including Hanlith and Scosthrop) was 202.[1] Nearby settlements include Hanlith, Malham, Airton and Calton.

History[edit]

Kirkby Malham was mentioned in the Domesday Book as being waste, but that the land belonged to Roger of Poitou.[2] The name of the village derives from Old Norse, and means the village with a church by the stony bank.[3] The presence of the word Kirkby in front of the village name suggests that a church was here before the Domesday Survey, however, the Domesday Book makes no mention of a church.[4]

Nearby settlements include Malham, just to the north, Hanlith to the east by the River Aire, and Airton and Calton to the south.[5] It is 6 miles (9.7 km) east of Settle, and 9 miles (14 km) north of Skipton.[6] In 1606, John Topham founded a grammar school in Kirkby Malham for between 20 and thirty local children, which was described as having "moderate quarterages", although the classics were taught for free.[7][8]

It has a joint parish council, Kirkby Malhamdale Parish Council, with the parishes of Malham, Malham Moor and Hanlith.[9] The village has just over 35 buildings, one of which is the parish church of St Michael's.[10][11] The church was a Parliamentary garrison during the English Civil War and the parish register contains the signature of Oliver Cromwell who witnessed a marriage in the church in 1655 (he had been visiting John Lambert of nearby Calton).[12][13] The school, Kirkby in Malhamdale United Voluntary Aided Primary School, is just to the north of the village and was rated as Good by Ofsted in 2019.[14]

Governance[edit]

The area was part of the Deanery of Craven, within the wapentake of Staincliffe.[15] The village was also known historically as Kirkby Malhamdale, and was in the West Riding of Yorkshire, part of the Settle Rural District, until the boundary changes of 1974.[16][17] Between 1974 and 2023, it was part of the former Craven District of North Yorkshire, but was moved into the new unitary authority of North Yorkshire Council in April 2023.[18] It is represented at Parliament as part of the Skipton and Ripon Constituency.[19]

Population of Kirkby Malham 1801–2015[20][21][22][1]
1801 1811 1821 1831 1841 1851 1861 1871 1881 1891 1901 1911 1921 1931 1951 1961 1971 2001 2011 2015
167 175 204 219 195 139 128 174 145 107 106 118 113 103 55 65 71 202 202 170[note 1]

Notable people[edit]

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Estimated population.[23]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Kirkby Malham Parish (1170216765)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Kirkby [Malham] | Domesday Book". opendomesday.org. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
  3. ^ Ekwall, Eilert (1960). The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names (4 ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 279, 312. ISBN 0-19-869103-3.
  4. ^ Whitaker, Thomas Dunham (1805). The history and antiquities of the deanery of Craven, in the county of York. London: Nichols. p. 175. OCLC 1046035617.
  5. ^ "OL2" (Map). Yorkshire Dales - Southern & Western Area. 1:25,000. Explorer. Ordnance Survey. 2016. ISBN 978-0-319-26331-0.
  6. ^ "Genuki: Kirkby Malhamdale, Yorkshire (West Riding)". genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
  7. ^ "Genuki: Kirkby Malhamdale, Yorkshire, England. Geographical and Historical information from 1835., Yorkshire (West Riding)". genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
  8. ^ Chrystal, Paul (2017). The Place Names of Yorkshire; Cities, Towns, Villages, Rivers and Dales, some Pubs too, in Praise of Yorkshire Ales (1 ed.). Catrine: Stenlake. p. 51. ISBN 9781840337532.
  9. ^ "Kirkby Malhamdale Parish Council". malhamdale.com. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
  10. ^ "Kirkby Malham" (PDF). colinday.co.uk. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
  11. ^ "Kirkby-in-Malhamdale: St Michael the Archangel". achurchnearyou.com. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
  12. ^ Whitaker, Thomas Dunham (1805). The history and antiquities of the deanery of Craven, in the county of York. London: Nichols. p. 178. OCLC 1046035617.
  13. ^ Speight, Harry (1891). "Bell Busk to Malham". Through Airedale from Goole to Malham. Leeds: Walker & Laycock. p. 273. OCLC 5824116.
  14. ^ "Kirkby in Malhamdale United Voluntary Aided Primary School URN: 121629". reports.ofsted.gov.uk. 15 September 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
  15. ^ "Kirkby Malham :: Survey of English Place-Names". epns.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
  16. ^ Guide No. 6: North Yorkshire gazetteer of townships and parishes. Northallerton: North Yorkshire County Council. 2021 [1986]. p. 18. ISBN 0-906035-29-5.
  17. ^ "Genuki: Kirkby Malhamdale, Yorkshire, England. Further historical information., Yorkshire (West Riding)". genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
  18. ^ Barrett, Thomas (23 March 2023). "Council leader reflects on his time as Craven Council to be abolished to make way for North Yorkshire Council". The Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
  19. ^ "Election Maps". ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Retrieved 18 April 2024. On the left of the screen is the "Boundary" tab; click this and activate either civil parishes or Westminster Constituencies (or both), however, only two functions can be active at any one time.
  20. ^ Page, William, ed. (1907). The Victoria history of the county of York. vol 3. London: Constable & Co. p. 540. OCLC 500092527.
  21. ^ "Kirkby Malham Tn/CP Parish-level Unit". visionofbritain.org.uk. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
  22. ^ UK Census (2001). "Local Area Report – Kirkby Malham/Hanlith/Scosthrop Parish (36UB048)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
  23. ^ "2015 Population Estimates: Parishes" (PDF). northyorks.gov.uk. December 2016. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 June 2022. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
  24. ^ "'People are intimate with the countryside. It's one of the things I love about Britain'". The Yorkshire Post. 2 May 2007. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  25. ^ Allan, David (23 September 2004). "Dean, Richard". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/7383. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  26. ^ Chambers, David (23 September 2004). "Hassall, Joan". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/39958. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  27. ^ Dawson, Geoffrey (23 September 2004). "Morrison, Walter". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/35122. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

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