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Kirkby Malham
KIRKBY in MALHAM-DALE, a parish comprising the township of Calton in the eastern division, and the townships of Airton, Hanlith, Kirkby in Malham-Dale, Malham, Malham-Moor, Otterburn, and Scosthorpe, in the western division, of the wapentake of STAINCLIFFE and EWCROSS, West riding of the county of YORK, and containing 1005 inhabitants, of which number, 204 are in the township of Kirkby in Malham- Dale, 5 miles (E. S. E.) from Settle. The living is a vicarage, in the archdeaconry and diocese of York, rated in the King’s Books at £6. 13, 4., endowed with £200 private benefaction, £400 royal bounty, and £1200 parliamentary grant, and in the patronage of the Duke of Devonshire. A free grammar school was founded here, in 1606, by John Topham, who endowed it with certain lands which, with subsequent bequests, produce an income of £21 a year, for which, and moderate quarterages, from twenty to thirty children receive an English education; but the classics are taught free to those who apply.
Samuel Lewis “Topographical Dictionary of England” 1831
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| Microsoft Bing Maps Kirkby Malham 2024 (with errors!) Jefferys’ map : 1771 – 1 inch to 1 mile1907 Ordnance Survey mapModern OS mapScheduled monuments in Malhamdale: Overlaid map from the Government’s countryside GIS mapping service,Modern (2004) OS Map |
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| People & Families | Census Transcripts |
| Census 1841 Census : Kirkby Malham HO107 / 1321/03 fo.3-6 1851 Census : Kirkby MalhamHO107 / 2277 fo.476-480 1861 Census : Kirkby Malham RG9 / 3180 fo.15-17 1871 Census : Kirkby Malham RG10 / 4257 fo.14-17 1881 Census : Kirkby Malham RG11 / 4300 fo.11-14 1891 Census : Kirkby Malham RG12 / 3495 fo.13-14 1901 Census : Kirkby Malham RG13/4023 fo.13-14 1911 Census : Kirkby Malham RG14/25745/01-49 A Vision of Britain : View population statistics, historical gazetteer entries, Civil Parish changes and more for Kirkby Malham.1881 Census: An alphabetical list of Malhamdale residents People Finder : A searchable database of all those people reported to have been born, or were living in Malhamdale in the 1841-1911 Census returns.Population statistics: Information from the 1801-1991 census, offering an insight into population change within the Dale and its possible causes. |
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| DirectoriesBaines’s Directory and Gazetteer 1822: Transcript of “professions and trades” for Malhamdale 1913 Craven Almanack : Transcript of local directory entries.West 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. |
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| 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, plus a search form to allow searching of the Marriage and Baptism transcripts for Kirkby Malham in the IGI.
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| Land, Tax, Probate etc. Domesday : The earliest written record showing land in use and the names of those holding the land in 1086. Subsidy Roll 1379 – poll tax listing for Malhamdale, with names, relationships and occupations. For other Craven townships see the lists on GENUKI Wills proved at York (1389-1688) : Index with over 350 Malhamdale entries of the 16th & 17th centuries. 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.Brother Ditton’s Compotus 1455 : The accounts of St Michael’s Church, Kirkby Malham, submitted to the Abbot of West Dereham..
: Proceeedings of the manor courts for Hanlith and Kirkby Malham. :Proceeedings of the manor courts for Hanlith and Kirkby Malham.
: An index to the Malhamdale documents (mainly land transactions) deposited by the late Dr Arthur Raistrick at Skipton Library.
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| Genealogy & Biography Victoria Hotel .Oliver Cromwell: Article reproduced with permission from issue 29 of Your Family Tree magazine, about the signatures in the Kirkby Malham Parish Registers. 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.
: A botanist’s account of a visit to the area in the late 18th-19th centuries. |
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Listed Buildings in Malhamdale Where to find details of listings and surveys.Church Guide and History :A digitised version of the 2nd edition of the excellent little church guide by the Rev WRN Baron.
: A brief history
: Part of the Malhamdale Local History Group Education Project.
St Michael the Archangel, Kirkby Malham : Brief history taken from a church leaflet published in the 1980s .
: A brief history Millennium Building Record Project : Browse images and descriptions of Kirkby Malham buildings and contribute information about them. |
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Artists and photographers in Malhamdale : Early scenes of Malhamdale before and after the birth of photography. Find images captured in paint and print plus archive photographs other than those in the KirkbyMalham.info archive. Geograph : A collaborative project aiming to collect geographically representative photographs and information for every square kilometre of the UK. Search for any of Malhamdale townships to see over 1400 recent photographs, taken within a 10Km radius. |
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| Other Resources |
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| Lancashire Textile Project:http://ltp2013.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/www.pluggy.me.uk/ogfb2/viewforumf654.htmlPlease copy this URL (web address) directly into your browser, won’t link directly.
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 Scalegill Mill may have been like in the 19th Century. The Legend of the Banquet of the Dead : There really was a young man called Kitchin living in the Dale at the time, but the rest is surely just legend? Curious Fox https://www.curiousfox.com/uk/r.php?vid=34797 Please paste directly into a new tab in your web browser – will not link directly. : 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.
: Read this useful book by Harry Speight, from the Internet Archive.
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