KIRKBY-IN-MALHAM-DALE, a parish chiefly in Settle district, but partly also in Skipton district, W. R. Yorkshire; on the river Aire, 3½ miles NNW of BellBusk r. station, and 5 ESE of Settle. It contains the townships of Otterburn, Airton, Scosthrop, Calton, Kirkby-Malham, Hanlith, Malham-Moor, and Malham, -the last of which has a post office under Leeds. Acres, 22, 040. Real property, £15, 230. Pop., 882. Houses, 175. The property is much subdivided. The manor belongs to W. Morrison, Esq. The area includes much picturesque scenery; and contains Malham-Cove, Goredale-Scar, and other objects attractive to tourists. A number of the inhabitants are employed in cotton mills. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £148. Patron, W. Morrison, Esq. The church is of the time of Henry VII., large and handsome; and contains, on most of its columns, tabernacle niches which once were occupied by statues. There are two Wesleyan chapels, a grammar school with £21 a year from endowment, and charities £84.

(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))