Kirkby Malham Explained

Official Name:Kirkby Malham
Type:Village
Country:England
Region:Yorkshire and the Humber
Static Image Name:Kirkby Malham.jpg
Static Image Caption:Kirby Malham looking towards Gordale Scar
Os Grid Reference:SD894609
Coordinates:54.0333°N -11°W
Label Position:top
Post Town:SKIPTON
Postcode Area:BD
Postcode District:BD23
Unitary England:North Yorkshire
Lieutenancy England:North 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 east of Settle. The population of the civil parish as taken in the 2011 Census (including Hanlith and Scosthrop) was 202. Nearby settlements include Hanlith, Malham, Airton and Calton.

History

Kirkby Malham was mentioned in the Domesday Book as being waste, but that the land belonged to Roger of Poitou.[1] The name of the village derives from Old Norse, and means the village with a church by the stony bank.[2] 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.[3]

Nearby settlements include Malham, just to the north, Hanlith to the east by the River Aire, and Airton and Calton to the south.[4] It is east of Settle, and north of Skipton.[5] 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.[6] [7]

It has a joint parish council, Kirkby Malhamdale Parish Council, with the parishes of Malham, Malham Moor and Hanlith.[8] The village has just over 35 buildings, one of which is the parish church of St Michael's.[9] [10] 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).[11] [12] 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.[13]

Governance

The area was part of the Deanery of Craven, within the wapentake of Staincliffe.[14] 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.[15] [16] 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.[17] It is represented at Parliament as part of the Skipton and Ripon Constituency.[18]

Population of Kirkby Malham 1801–2015[19] [20] !1801!1811!1821!1831!1841!1851!1861!1871!1881!1891!1901!1911!1921!1931!1951!1961!1971!2001!2011!2015
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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kirkby [Malham] Domesday Book ]. opendomesday.org . 18 April 2024.
  2. Book: Ekwall . Eilert . Eilert Ekwall . The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names . 1960 . Oxford University Press . Oxford . 0-19-869103-3 . 279, 312 . 4.
  3. Book: Whitaker . Thomas Dunham . The history and antiquities of the deanery of Craven, in the county of York . 1805 . Nichols . London . 175. 1046035617.
  4. Yorkshire Dales – Southern & Western Area. OL2 . 2016 . 1:25,000 . Explorer . Ordnance Survey . 978-0-319-26331-0 .
  5. Web site: Genuki: Kirkby Malhamdale, Yorkshire (West Riding) . genuki.org.uk . 18 April 2024.
  6. Web site: Genuki: Kirkby Malhamdale, Yorkshire, England. Geographical and Historical information from 1835., Yorkshire (West Riding) . genuki.org.uk . 18 April 2024.
  7. Book: Chrystal. Paul. The Place Names of Yorkshire; Cities, Towns, Villages, Rivers and Dales, some Pubs too, in Praise of Yorkshire Ales. 2017. Stenlake. Catrine. 9781840337532. 51. 1.
  8. Web site: Kirkby Malhamdale Parish Council. malhamdale.com. 4 February 2016.
  9. Web site: Kirkby Malham . colinday.co.uk . 18 April 2024.
  10. Web site: Kirkby-in-Malhamdale: St Michael the Archangel . achurchnearyou.com . 18 April 2024.
  11. Book: Whitaker . Thomas Dunham . The history and antiquities of the deanery of Craven, in the county of York . 1805 . Nichols . London . 178. 1046035617.
  12. Book: Speight. Harry. Through Airedale from Goole to Malham. 1891. Walker & Laycock. Leeds. 273. Bell Busk to Malham. 5824116.
  13. Web site: Kirkby in Malhamdale United Voluntary Aided Primary School URN: 121629 . reports.ofsted.gov.uk . 18 April 2024 . 15 September 2021.
  14. Web site: Kirkby Malham :: Survey of English Place-Names . epns.nottingham.ac.uk . 18 April 2024.
  15. Book: Guide No. 6: North Yorkshire gazetteer of townships and parishes . 2021 . 1986. North Yorkshire County Council . Northallerton . 0-906035-29-5 . 18.
  16. Web site: Genuki: Kirkby Malhamdale, Yorkshire, England. Further historical information., Yorkshire (West Riding) . genuki.org.uk . 18 April 2024.
  17. News: Barrett . Thomas . Council leader reflects on his time as Craven Council to be abolished to make way for North Yorkshire Council . 18 April 2024 . The Yorkshire Post . 23 March 2023.
  18. Web site: Election Maps . ordnancesurvey.co.uk . 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..
  19. Book: Page . William . The Victoria history of the county of York. vol 3 . 1907 . Constable & Co . London . 540. 500092527.
  20. Web site: Kirkby Malham Tn/CP Parish-level Unit . visionofbritain.org.uk . 18 April 2024.
  21. News: 'People are intimate with the countryside. It's one of the things I love about Britain'. 3 January 2018. The Yorkshire Post. 2 May 2007.
  22. David. Allan. Dean, Richard. 7383. 23 September 2004.
  23. David. Chambers. Hassall, Joan. 39958. 23 September 2004.
  24. Geoffrey. Dawson. Morrison, Walter. 35122. 23 September 2004.

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