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.
Kirkby Malham | |
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Village | |
Kirby Malham looking towards Gordale Scar]] | |
Kirkby Malham Location within North Yorkshire | |
OS grid reference | SD894609 |
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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 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]
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] |
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