Kirkby Malham
Kirkby Malham | |
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Village | |
Kirby Malham looking towards Gordale Scar | |
Location within North Yorkshire | |
OS grid reference | SD894609 |
Unitary authority | |
Ceremonial county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | SKIPTON |
Postcode district | BD23 |
Police | North Yorkshire |
Fire | North Yorkshire |
Ambulance | Yorkshire |
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]
1801 | 1811 | 1821 | 1831 | 1841 | 1851 | 1861 | 1871 | 1881 | 1891 | 1901 | 1911 | 1921 | 1931 | 1951 | 1961 | 1971 | 2001 | 2011 | 2015 |
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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]- American writer Bill Bryson once resided in the village.[24]
- Richard Dean, Anglican minister was born and baptised in Kirkby Malham.[25]
- Joan Hassall, lived in Malham, but worshipped and played the organ in Kirkby Malham church.[26]
- Walter Morrison, businessman and politician was buried in Kirkby Malham churchyard.[27]
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Kirkby Malham Parish (1170216765)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
- ^ "Kirkby [Malham] | Domesday Book". opendomesday.org. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Whitaker, Thomas Dunham (1805). The history and antiquities of the deanery of Craven, in the county of York. London: Nichols. p. 175. OCLC 1046035617.
- ^ "OL2" (Map). Yorkshire Dales – Southern & Western Area. 1:25,000. Explorer. Ordnance Survey. 2016. ISBN 978-0-319-26331-0.
- ^ "Genuki: Kirkby Malhamdale, Yorkshire (West Riding)". genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
- ^ "Genuki: Kirkby Malhamdale, Yorkshire, England. Geographical and Historical information from 1835., Yorkshire (West Riding)". genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Kirkby Malhamdale Parish Council". malhamdale.com. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
- ^ "Kirkby Malham" (PDF). colinday.co.uk. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
- ^ "Kirkby-in-Malhamdale: St Michael the Archangel". achurchnearyou.com. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
- ^ Whitaker, Thomas Dunham (1805). The history and antiquities of the deanery of Craven, in the county of York. London: Nichols. p. 178. OCLC 1046035617.
- ^ Speight, Harry (1891). "Bell Busk to Malham". Through Airedale from Goole to Malham. Leeds: Walker & Laycock. p. 273. OCLC 5824116.
- ^ "Kirkby in Malhamdale United Voluntary Aided Primary School URN: 121629". reports.ofsted.gov.uk. 15 September 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
- ^ "Kirkby Malham :: Survey of English Place-Names". epns.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
- ^ Guide No. 6: North Yorkshire gazetteer of townships and parishes. Northallerton: North Yorkshire County Council. 2021 [1986]. p. 18. ISBN 0-906035-29-5.
- ^ "Genuki: Kirkby Malhamdale, Yorkshire, England. Further historical information., Yorkshire (West Riding)". genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Election Maps". ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
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- ^ Page, William, ed. (1907). The Victoria history of the county of York. vol 3. London: Constable & Co. p. 540. OCLC 500092527.
- ^ "Kirkby Malham Tn/CP Parish-level Unit". visionofbritain.org.uk. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
- ^ UK Census (2001). "Local Area Report – Kirkby Malham/Hanlith/Scosthrop Parish (36UB048)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "'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.
- ^ 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.)
- ^ 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.)
- ^ 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.)