The MLHG archive room at Kirkby Malham Parish Hall has been fully refurbished and insulated during 2024 to make it comfortable to sit and read material from the archive or to use the room as a small meeting room. This is following a substantial grant from the North Yorkshire Council ‘Sustainable Development’ fund and great thanks are due to Mrs. Joyce Thacker for successful application to this and other funds. The room is situated on the first floor up a fairly steep staircase so disabled access is limited. Toilets and washroom are also fully modernised and are adjacent to the archive room. The archive room , now named as ‘The Walter Morrison Room’ is fully carpeted and comfortable with a set of central tables and surrounding chairs to allow laying out of archive material for perusal. The archive documents are stored in locked steel cabinets in archive quality plastic wallets and boxes, being categorised under ‘townships / parishes’ or in some cases under ‘family collections’. Documents are labelled with their index numbers as listed on the archive spreadsheet, see download link below.

Any queries about items in the physical archive should be made via email to mlhgenquiries@gmail.com. We can then make arrangements for items to be viewed in person or we may be able to provide you with copies via email.

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Recent additions of archive material:

Year 2024-25:

Kirkby Malham	early 1900s	Postcard image of Kirkby Malham Main Street with approx 25 adults and children. See digital Archive for improved image.		Kirkby Malham 3	Ebay purchase Dec 2023
Malham	2024	Brochure for sale of 1 Finkle Street formerly Malham Café and Clark’s Temperance Hotel	Malham Café, Clark’s	Malham 7
Kirkby Malham	26.02.2024	Order of Service for the funeral of Frank Sharp	Sharp	Kirkby Malham 3
Malhamdale	various	Letters and other emphemera from Marie Hartley to Monica Jenkins	Hartley	Malhamdale 4	Donation from Monica Jenkins
Malhamdale	1947	Dalesman Pocket Series 3, Malhamdale by Arthur Raistrick	Raistrick	Malhamdale 4	Donation from Monica Jenkins
Bell Busk	undated	Bell Busk Station, reproduction of a postcard		Otterburn, Coniston Cold & Bell Busk 1	Ebay purchase
Malham Moor	2024	Savills brochure for the lease from National Trust of Malham Tarn House		Malham Moor 3	Internet download
Malhamdale	28.11.2024	Article from the Craven Herald commemorating 75 years of the National Parks.	Dower	Malhamdale 4
Malham	1920s/30s?	Postcard photograph by Lily White of Cromwell Cottage, Malham with adjoining building. Titled The Old Ford, Malham		Malham 7	Ebay purchase, Dec 2024

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