1851 census : Malham
HO107 / 2277 fo.484-489
| No | Address | Name | Rel | Con | Age | Occupation | Where born |
| 1 | Tranlands | Augustine Benson | Head | Mar | 38 | Farmer of 67 acres | Yorks, Malham |
| Mary Benson | Wife | Mar | 40 | Yorks, Burnsall | |||
| John Benson | Son | Unmar | 17 | Yorks, Malham | |||
| Elizabeth Benson | Dau | Unmar | 12 | Yorks, Malham | |||
| Isabella Benson | Dau | Unmar | 9 | Yorks, Malham | |||
| Eliza Benson | Dau | 7 | Yorks, Malham | ||||
| Robert Benson | Son | 4 | Yorks, Malham | ||||
| Jonathan Benson | Son | 2 | Yorks, Malham | ||||
| 2 | Hall Close | James Thornber | Head | Mar | 26 | Farmer of 42 acres | Yorks, Grindleton |
| 3 | Village of Malham | Isabella Brayshay | Head | Unmar | 76 | Annuitant | Yorks, Malham |
| Anthanina H. Brayshay | Niece | Unmar | 36 | Housekeeper | Yorks, Airton | ||
| 4 | Village of Malham | John Hargreaves | Head | Mar | 40 | Ag. Labourer | Yorks, Malham |
| Martha Hargreaves | Wife | Mar | 34 | Yorks, Malham Moor | |||
| Elizabeth Hargreaves | Dau | Unmar | 13 | Scholar | Yorks, Malham | ||
| Christiana Hargreaves | Dau | 11 | Scholar | Yorks, Malham | |||
| Joseph Hargreaves | Son | 7 | Scholar | Yorks, Malham | |||
| Elisabeth Yeoman | Mother-in-law | Widow | 74 | Formerly farmer’s wife | Yorks, Coverdale | ||
| 5 | Village of Malham | William Hargreaves | Head | Mar | 45 | Annuitant | Yorks, Kirkby Malham |
| Margaret Hargreaves | Wife | Mar | 55 | Annuitant | Yorks, Tosside? | ||
| Ann Hargreaves | Mother-in-law | Widow | 80 | Annuitant | Yorks, Hanlith | ||
| 6 | Village of Malham | Mathias Armstrong | Head | Mar | 43 | Farmer of 50 acres and blacksmith employing one man | Yorks, Grassington |
| Adah Armstrong | Wife | Mar | 47 | Farmer’s wife | Lancashire, Manchester | ||
| Amadine Armstrong | Dau | Unmar | 14 | Scholar | Yorks, Malham | ||
| Mathias W. Armstrong | Son | 9 | Scholar | Yorks, Malham | |||
| Edward Armstrong | Son | 7 | Scholar | Yorks, Malham | |||
| Alice Armstrong | Niece | 3 | Yorks, Grassington | ||||
| John Nixon | Apprenctice | Unmar | 16 | Blacksmith Appren | Yorks, Hebden | ||
| James Dodgson | Lodger | Unmar | 30 | Carpenter | Yorks, Masongill | ||
| 7 | Village of Malham | John Bradley | Head | Widower | 41 | Farmer of 260 acres amploying a labourer | Yorks, Clapham |
| Elizabeth Bradley | Dau | 7 | Scholar | Yorks, Malham | |||
| William Bradley | Son | 5 | Scholar | Yorks, Malham | |||
| John Bradley | Son | 3 | Yorks, Malham | ||||
| Agnes Aryton | Mother-in-law | Widow | 69 | Annuitant | Yorks, Clapham | ||
| Hannah Harrison | Serv | Unmar | 33 | House servant | Tosside, Yorkshire | ||
| Mary Ayrton | Sister-in-law | Unmar | 36 | Housekeeper | Clapham, Yorkshire | ||
| Robert Mitton | Serv. | Unmar | 33 | Farm servant | Hawes Yorkshire | ||
| 8 | Village of Malham | William Peacock | Head | Mar | 73 | Post office keeper | Kirkby Malham, Yorkshire |
| Catharine Peacock | Wife | Mar | 67 | Malham, Yorkshire | |||
| William Peacock | Son | Unmar | 38 | Butter factor and farmer of 6 acres | Malham, Yorkshire | ||
| The house uninhabited | |||||||
| 9 | Village of Malham | Richard Brown | Head | Mar | 38 | Farmer of 100 acres | Clapham, Yorkshire |
| Ann Brown | Wife | Mar | 34 | Farmer’s wife | Malham, Yorkshire | ||
| William Brown | Son | 5 | Scholar | Yorks, Malham | |||
| John Brown | Son | 4 | Scholar | Yorks, Malham | |||
| Richard Brown | Son | 3 | Yorks, Malham | ||||
| Ellen Brown | Dau | 3 | Yorks, Malham | ||||
| Jane Brown | Dau | 11 mths | Yorks, Malham | ||||
| Thomas Hilray | Lodger | Widower | 36 | Ag. Labourer | Yorks, Kettlewell | ||
| 10 | Village of Malham | Betty Preston | Head | Mar | 40 | Groom’s wife | Yorks, Giggleswick |
| Ann Preston | Dau | 12 | Scholar | Yorks, Giggleswick | |||
| John Preston | Son | 10 | Scholar | Yorks, Malham | |||
| Eliza Preston | Dau | 7 | Scholar | Yorks, Malham | |||
| 11 | Village of Malham | Richard Proctor | Head | Unmar | 32 | Joint owner of about 350 acres | Merebeck, Settle, Yorkshire |
| John Proctor | Brother | Unmar | 30 | Joint owner of about 350 acres | Merebeck, Settle, Yorkshire | ||
| Elizabeth Proctor | Sister | Unmar | 35 | Housekeeper | Merebeck, Settle, Yorkshire | ||
| Jane Proctor | Sister | Unmar | 25 | Housekeeper | Merebeck, Settle, Yorkshire | ||
| John Armistead | Visitor | Unmar | 13 | Tailor’s apprentice | Horton-in-Ribblesdale, Yorkshire | ||
| 12 | Village of Malham | William Harrison | Head | Mar | 58 | Innkeeper | Settle, Yorkshire |
| Hannah Harrison | Wife | Mar | 57 | Innkeeper’s wife | Thorp, Yorkshire | ||
| Ellen Harrison | Dau | Unmar | 20 | Barmaid | Malham, Yorkshire | ||
| William Harrison | Son | Unmar | 19 | Innkeeper’s son | Malham, Yorkshire | ||
| Matthew Beecroft | Serv | Unmar | 52 | Ostler, Servant | Killsa? , Yorkshire | ||
| 13 | Village of Malham | Nanny Wray | Head | Widow | 56 | Farmer of 110 acres employing one labourer | Yorks, Malham |
| Hannah Wray | Dau | Unmar | 22 | Yorks, Malham Moor | |||
| Thomas Harper | Serv. | Unmar | 29 | Farm servant | Yorks, Kirkby Malham | ||
| 14 | Village of Malham | Robert Dawson | Head | Mar | 37 | Farmer of 195 acres | Yorks, Lawkland |
| Margaret Dawson | Wife | Mar | 31 | Yorks, Sedbergh | |||
| Andrew Hunter Dawson | Son | 6 | Scholar | Yorks, Giggleswick | |||
| Matthew Hunter | Brother-in-law | Unmar | 28 | Agricultural labourer | Yorks, Sedbergh | ||
| Alice Bentham | Serv. | Unmar | 12 | House servant | Yorks, Scotsthrop | ||
| 15 | Village of Malham | Richard Brown | Head | Mar | 45 | Tailor | Yorks, Horton-in-Ribblesdale |
| Margaret Brown | Wife | Mar | 46 | Yorks, Gargrave | |||
| George Brown | Son | Unmar | 18 | Yorks, Malham | |||
| Mary Ann Brown | Dau | 11 | Scholar | Yorks, Malham | |||
| William Hargreaves | Visitor | Unmar | 26 | Ag.lab | Yorks, Hellifield | ||
| 16 | Village of Malham | Robert Benson | Head | Mar | 65 | Farmer of 60 acres | Yorks, Malham |
| Isabella Benson | Wife | Mar | 65 | Yorks, Malham | |||
| Jane Benson | Grandaughter | Unmar | 18 | Yorks, Malham | |||
| 17 | Village of Malham | John Peacock | Head | Wid | 70 | Shepherd | Yorks, Kirkby Malham |
| William Peacock | Son | Unmar | 28 | Ag. Labourer | Yorks, Malham | ||
| 18 | Village of Malham | William Atkinson | Head | Unmar | 35 | Master of Endowed School | Cumberland, Penrith |
| Mary Ann Atkinson | Sister | Unmar | 26 | Milliner and Dressmaker | K(irkb)yThore in Westmoreland | ||
| Margaret Atkinson | Sister | Unmar | 22 | Housekeeper | Kythore in Westmoreland | ||
| 19 | Village of Malham | Craven Langstroth | Head | Mar | 28 | Shoemaker | Yorks, Hellifield |
| Mary Ann Langstroth | Wife | Mar | 30 | Yorks, Hellifield | |||
| Ann Langstroth | Dau | 3 months | Yorks, Malham | ||||
| 20 | Gordale House | Thomas Ayrton | Head | Mar | 40 | Farmer of 200 acres employing own labourer | Yorks, Calton |
| Hannah Ayrton | Wife | Mar | 26 | Yorks, Malham | |||
| William Ayrton | Son | 1 | Yorks, Malham | ||||
| Craven Ayrton | Brother | Unmar | 36 | Ag. Labourer | Winterburn, Yorkshire | ||
| Nancy Ayrton | Sister | Unmar | 43 | House servant | Yorks, Winterburn | ||
| 21 | Village of Malham | John Hartley | Head | Widower | 63 | Proprieter of Houses | Yorks, Malham |
| Margaret Hartley | Dau | Unmar | 36 | Housekeeper | Yorks, Skipton | ||
| Mary Jane Hartley | Grandaughter | 9 | Scholar at home | Yorks, Malham | |||
| Thomas Hartley | Nephew | 4 | Scholar at home | Yorks, Malham | |||
| Margaret Ann Hartley | Grandaughter | 2 | Yorks, Malham | ||||
| 22 | Village of Malham | Edward Watson | Head | Mar | 58 | Ag. Labourer | Worsely, Lancashire |
| Betty Watson | Wife | Mar | 65 | Thorp, Yorkshire | |||
| Francis Wtson | Son | Unmar | 33 | Ag.Labourer | Yorks, Malham | ||
| 23 | Village of Malham | George Hargreaves | Head | Mar | 42 | Farmer of 640 acres employing 2 men | Yorks,Malham |
| Isabella Hargreaves | Wife | Mar | 48 | Yorks, Malham | |||
| Isabella Hargreaves | Dau | Unmar | 13 | Yorks, Malham | |||
| Betsy Hargreaves | Dau | 12 | Yorks, Malham | ||||
| George Hargreaves | Son | 9 | Scholar | Yorks, Malham | |||
| William Hargreaves | Brother | Unmar | 48 | Farm servant | Yorks, Malham | ||
| Robert Hancock | Serv. | Unmar | 22 | Farm servant | Yorks, Giggleswick | ||
| 24 | Village of Malham | John Procter | Head | Mar | 76 | Farmer of 640 acres employing 2 men | Yorks, Settle |
| Nanny Procter | Wife | Mar | 68 | Yorks, Malham | |||
| Mary Parker | Grandaughter | Unmar | 21 | Dressmaker | Yorks, Bordley | ||
| 25 | Village of Malham | Henry Atkinson | Head | Mar | 64 | Landed Proprieter | Yorks, Malham |
| Ann Atkinson | Wife | Mar | 54 | Yorks, Newton | |||
| William Preston | Serv. | Mar | 33 | Servant – groom | Yorks, Foxup | ||
| Jane Brown | Serv. | Unmar | 15 | House servant | Yorks, Malham | ||
| Mary Benson | Serv. | Unmar | 15 | House servant | Yorks, Malham | ||
| 26 | Village of Malham | James Hind | Head | Mar | 44 | Land owner occupying 18 acres, employing one boy as labourer | Yorks, Kirkby Malham |
| Mary Hind | Wife | Mar | 33 | Yorks, Ramsgill | |||
| Robert Hind | Son | 3 | Yorks, Kirkby Malham | ||||
| Mary Ann Hind | Dau | 1 | Yorks, Calton | ||||
| William Wellock | Serv.Boy | 12 | Ag. Labourer | Yorks, Long Preston | |||
| 27 | Village of Malham | John Hesleden | Head | Mar | 25 | Ag. Labourer | Yorks, Malham |
| Mary Hesleden | Wife | Mar | 25 | Yorks, Leeds | |||
| William Hesleden | Son | 2 | Yorks, Malham | ||||
| Jane Hartley | Sister-in-law | Unmar | 22 | Dressmaker | Yorks, Leeds | ||
| 28 | Village of Malham | Isabella Whitfield | Head | Mar | 24 | Farm servant’s wife | Yorks, Bishopdale. |
| Samuel Whitfield | Son | 4 | Yorks, Litton | ||||
| Nancy Whitfield | Dau | 3 | Yorks, Malham | ||||
| Isabella Whitfield | Dau | 2 months | Yorks, Malham | ||||
| Rebecca Hodgson | Boarder | 1 year | Yorks, Settle | ||||
| 29 | Village of Malham | Richard Chester | Head | Mar | 41 | Joiner employing one joiner and one apprentice | Yorks, Burnsall |
| Dorothy Chester | Wife | Mar | 36 | Yorks, Malham | |||
| Elizabeth Chester | Dau | 9 | Yorks, Malham | ||||
| John Chester | Son | 7 | Yorks, Malham | ||||
| Mary Chester | Dau | 2 | Yorks, Malham | ||||
| Robert Coultherd | Apprenctice | Unmar | 16 | Joiner’s apprentice | Yorks, Malham | ||
| James Burch | Journeyman | Unmar | 31 | Joiner | Yorks, Hebden | ||
| 30 | Village of Malham | Joseph Chapman | Head | Mar | 38 | Ag. Labourer | Yorks, Buckden |
| Alice Chapman | Wife | Mar | 29 | Yorks, Malham | |||
| Mary Chapman | Dau | 3 | Yorks, Malham | ||||
| William Chapman | Son | 1 | Yorks, Malham | ||||
| 31 | Village of Malham | Francis Yeoman | Head | Mar | 42 | Common carrier and farmer of 10 acres | Yorks, Coverdale |
| Alice Yeoman | Wife | Mar | 37 | Yorks, Malham | |||
| Martha Yeoman | Dau | 13 | Scholar | Yorks, Malham | |||
| Joseph Yeoman | Son | 10 | Scholar | Yorks, Malham | |||
| John Yeoman | Son | 7 | Scholar | Yorks, Malham | |||
| Alice Yeoman | Dau | 5 | Scholar | Yorks, Malham | |||
| Ann Yeoman | Dau | 1 | Yorks, Malham | ||||
| 32 | Village of Malham | Jeremiah W. Dodgson | Head | Mar | 33 | Carpenter | Westmorland, Barton |
| Ellen Dodgson | Wife | Mar | 32 | Lancashire, Thornton | |||
| Leonard Dodgson | Son | 12 | Scholar | Lancashire, Thornton | |||
| Agnes Dodgson | Dau | 9 | Scholar | Yorks, Bentham | |||
| Ann Dodgson | Dau | 5 | Yorks, Kirkby Malham | ||||
| Mary Dodgson | Dau | 3 | Yorks, Kirkby Malham | ||||
| Thomas Dodgson | Son | 2 | Yorks,Malham | ||||
| Robert Dodgson | Son | 1 | Yorks,Malham | ||||
| 33 | Village of Malham | William Chapman | Head | Mar | 27 | Ag. Labourer | Yorks, Winterburn |
| Ann Chapman | Wife | Mar | 28 | Yorks, Malham | |||
| Jane Ellen Chapman | Dau | 5 | Scholar | Yorks, Malham | |||
| John Chapman | Son | 3 | Yorks, Malham | ||||
| Mary Ann | Dau | 1 | Yorks, Malham | ||||
| 34 | Village of Malham | Samuel Whitfield | Head | Mar | 59 | Shepherd | Yorks, Ingleton |
| Margaret Whitfield | Wife | Mar | 59 | Yorks, Gargrave | |||
| Margaret Ann Whitfield | Grandaughter | 13 | Scholar | Yorks, Malham | |||
| Fanny Whitfield | Grandaughter | 7 | Scholar | Yorks, Malham | |||
| Mary Whitfield | Grandaughter | 2 | Yorks, Malham | ||||
| Richard Allen | Lodger | Mar | 60 | Hawker of woollen goods | Yorks, Hawes | ||
| 35 | Village of Malham | Margaret Coultherd | Head | Mar | 54 | Lead Miner’s wife | Yorks, Newton |
| John Coultherd | Son | Unmar | 27 | Lead Miner | Yorks, Newton | ||
| William Coultherd | Son | Unmar | 25 | Lead Miner | Yorks, Newton | ||
| Joshua Coultherd | Son | Unmar | 18 | Lead Miner | Yorks, Newton | ||
| Thomas Coultherd | Son | Unmar | 14 | School Boy | Yorks, Newton | ||
| George Coultherd | Son | 11 | School Boy | Yorks, Gisburn | |||
| William F. Coultherd | Visitor | 7 | School Boy | Yorks, Malham | |||
| 36 | Village of Malham | George Gill | Head | Mar | 47 | Ag. Labourer | Yorks, Flasby |
| Margaret Gill | Wife | Mar | 49 | Yorks, Malham | |||
| Alice Gill | Dau | Unmar | 15 | Scholar | Yorks, Hanlith | ||
| John Gill | Son | 13 | Scholar | Yorks, Malham | |||
| Jane Gill | Dau | 10 | Scholar | Yorks, Malham | |||
| 37 | Nancy Proctor | Head | Widow | 74 | Formerly Charwoman | Yorks, Malham | |
| Thomas Proctor | Son | Unmar | 31 | Ag.Labourer | Yorks, Malham | ||
| 38 | Village of Malham | Mary Peacock | Head | Mar | 46 | Ag. Labourer’s wife | Yorks, Malham |
| Sophia Greenwood | Dau | Unmar | 10 | Scholar | Yorks, Malham | ||
| William Peacock | Son | 4 | Scholar at home | Yorks, Malham | |||
| Catherine Peacock | Niece | 3 | Yorks, Malham | ||||
| 39 | Village of Malham | Christopher Swinbank | Head | Wid | 65 | Innkeeper and farmer of 60 acres | Yorks, Kettlewell |
| Christopher Swinbank | Son | Unmar | 35 | Yorks, Horton-in-Ribblesdale | |||
| Ellen Swinbank | Dau | Unmar | 33 | Yorks, Ingleton | |||
| James Swinbank | Son | Unmar | 30 | Yorks, Ingleton | |||
| Elizabeth Swinbank | Grandaughter | 9 | Scholar | Yorks, Kettlewell | |||
| 40 | Village of Malham | Ann Dugdill | Head | Widow | 71 | Annuitant | Yorks, Arncliffe |
| End of Malham |
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