1st series OS map
: circa 1853 – 6 inch to the mile
Jefferys map

: 1771 – 1 inch to 1 mile
Modern OS map
Scheduled monuments in Malhamdale

: Overlaid map from the Government’s countryside GIS mapping service, MAGIC.  Note: this now only goes to the site homepage.

Airton Houses Map 2016 Ordnance Survey (beware, may  well be errors and omissions)

Directories: Transcript of “professions and trades” for Malhamdale
1913 Craven Almanack    : Transcript of local directory entries.
Baines’s Directory and Gazetteer 1822:   Transcript of “professions and trades” for MalhamdaleWest Riding Trade Directories: More references to townships and people in the area can be found on the free:Historical Directories website run by the University of Leicester. Link won’t paste in here so please search for this yourself – sorry.

Parish Records  Parish Record Index 1597-1813: Searchable index to the Kirkby Malham parish records created from the Cookson Index, IGI and the 18th century Bishop’s Transcripts, providing a useful finding aid and the most comprehensive set of data available for the 18th century, whose registers were stolen.
Kirkby Malham Marriages 1754-1910   : A searchable database transcribed from the marriage registers for St Michael the Archangel.
Kirkby Malham Baptisms & Burials 1773-1910   : A searchable database transcribed from the baptism and burial registers for St Michael the Archangel.
Parish Church Records    :The whereabouts of the registers and copies for St Michael the Archangel, Kirkby Malham

Parish map:   Showing Kirkby Malhamdale and the townships and the old Ecclesiastical parishes surrounding it.
Airton Quaker Burials   : List of Burials at the Friends Meeting House Burial ground (1669 – 2003)
Airton Quaker Records   : Where to find the registers, minutes and other records of Airton Quaker Meeting
Burial Ground Inscriptions : The monumental inscriptions found in Airton Quaker Burial ground, with plan and photographs

Genealogy Resources

Airton Band of Hope   : Listing members of this Wesleyan Methodist temperance group.

Land, Tax, Probate etc.
Return of Owners of Land 1873   : Land held in the West Riding of Yorkshire by Malhamdale residents.
Subsidy Roll 1379  – poll tax listing for Malhamdale, with names, relationships and occupations. For other Craven townships see the lists on

GENUKI    Direct link broken! You will have to search within site.
Malhamdale Wills  : Where and how to find them. Includes an Index of Canterbury (PCC) wills and Death Duty Register entries in the National Archives online collections.
Wills proved at York (1389-1688)  : Index with over 350 Malhamdale entries of the 16th & 17th centuries.
Feet of Fines  : Records of land transactions in Tudor Malhamdale (1486-1603)
Brother Ditton’s Compotus
1455  : The accounts of St Michael’s Church, Kirkby Malham, submitted to the Abbot of West Dereham.
Memorials of the Abbey of St Mary of Fountains Vol.1  : PDF copy of the book published by the Surtees Society in 1863 which includes many mentions of the lands held by the Abbey in Malhamdale. You can also find fully searchable PDF versions of

Vol.2

and

Vol. 3

.
Craven Legion 1803    : With a list of Malhamdale subscribers to this Napoleonic Yeomanry.
Serjeantson of Hanlith Deeds  : An index of land deeds relating to the Serjeantson family, many are missing, but those remaining are in Skipton Library.
Raistrick Papers  : An index to the Malhamdale documents (mainly land transactions) deposited by the late Dr Arthur Raistrick at Skipton Library.

Poll Book 1741  : Freeholders of Malhamdale who voting for the MP for Yorkshire.

Poll Book 1807 : Listing Malhamdale freeholders and the candidates they voted for.

Register of Electors 1834  : Transcript of the published list for the local townships.

Poll Book 1841  :Showing the Malhamdale voters for two WRY Parliamentary candidates .

Poll Book 1848 : Listing those in Malhamdale who voted in the 1848 election for the WRY representative in Parliament.

Manorial Rental  : Listing Malhamdale tenants and rents in the 14th century.

Domesday   : The earliest written record showing land in use and the names of those holding the land in 1086.

Craven Muster 1539   : A list of men fit and unfit for the militia, their weaponry and armour.

Hearth,Window and Land Taxes   : An explanation, plus the 1672 Hearth
Tax for Malhamdale.

Hearth Tax Online   : Full downloadable PDF transcript of the West Riding Hearth Tax for 1672, complete with introduction, surname index, maps and analysis of the data.

Land Tax Assessment 1798    : Listing landowners and occupiers.

Land Tax Assessment 1803   : Listing landowners and occupiers (part).

1942 Farm Survey   : Assessment of every farm in the Dale taken in the Second World War.

Tithe Commission Schedules 1847     : Showing the ownership and tenants of land subject to tithes in Malhamdale.

Genealogy & Biography

Virtual war Memorial    : Details of those who died in the two World Wars plus Rolls of Honour listing those who served in the Forces.

Craven’s Part in the Great War     : An extended online version of the Roll of Honour commissioned by Walter Morrison and published in 1919. The online version also includes material from local newspapers and war memorials.

The Life and Correspondence of William and Alice Ellis    : Full version of the book about the Airton Quakers who built Airton Meeting House. Written by James Backhouse and first published in 1846.

Genealogy Resources

Free Grammar School students 1873-4    : The last pupils to attend this> Kirkby Malham School.
John Enys (1783)       : Extract transcribed from the journal of an early visitor describing his visit to the Malhamdale area.
Thomas Pennant (1773)       : A further account by a visitor to the area in the late 18th-19th centuries.
Edward Dayes (1805)       : A further account by a visitor to the area in the late 18th-19th centuries.
Thomas Wilkinson (1807)        : A further account by a visitor to the area in the late 18th-19th centuries.
Arthur Jewitt (1816)       : A further account by a visitor to the area in the late 18th-19th centuries.
Samuel King (1837)     : A botanist’s account of a visit to the area in the late 18th-19th centuries.
Early Quakerism in Malhamdale     : Article in North Craven Heritage Trust Journal 2010 about the history of the movement and the Airton Meeting House.

With the closure of the Malhamdale cotton mills at the beginning of the 20th century, many workers moved to Lancashire where the industry continued into the latter part of the 20th Century. This site’s collection of 500 photographs and 190 transcribed interviews with individuals who worked in the industry, give some idea of what Airton Mill would be like just before its closure.
Bibliography

: Listing of books old and new (mainly old) which are about or refer to the Malhamdale area and its residents. We also have a

Family & Local History Bookshop       in association with Amazon.co.uk where you can find other books about the Yorkshire Dales, History and Genealogy.
Agriculture and Industry in the Dales   are links to pages on the National Park’s

Out Of Oblivion website.  Original direct links have expired – you will have to search.
Newspapers       : Where to find past articles about the people and places in Malhamdale.
GENUKI        : Malhamdale pages on the UK genealogy site.
Curious Fox       : Organised by village, Curious Fox is a useful message board if you are seeking or sharing information about your family and local history. Free to sign up and post messages, you need to become a full paying member to make contact with people submitting posts.
Malhamdale Archive Index       : An index to the holdings of the Malhamdale Local History Group, containing many photographs, maps documents and other material relating to the area.
The Craven & Northwest Yorkshire Highlands      : Read this useful book by Harry Speight, from the Internet Archive.

 Just three chapters – Malhamdale  : Transcript of the 3 chapters concerning Malhamdale from Craven & Northwest Highlands.
Through Airedale from Goole to Malham      : Book by Johnnie Gray (Harry Speight)from the Internet Archive.
A concise account of some Natural Curiosities in the environs of Malham in Craven           : Book by Thomas Hurtley, published 1786.
Whitaker’s History of Craven         : An online version of the 3rd and best edition of this well known local work. All sections can be downloaded as PDF files.