Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Malham

Malham, township and vil., Kirkby in Malham Dale par., N. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, on river Aire, 5½ miles E. of Settle, 4282 ac., pop. 148; P.O.; Malham is annually visited by great numbers of tourists, the attractions being Gordale Scar and Malham Cove, a vast amphitheatre of limestone cliffs, 285 ft. high.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "township and village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Kirkby in Malham Dale AP/CP       Malham Tn/CP       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Malham

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