Welcome to Malhamdale Local History Group (MLHG)
Archive information for research – see Townships in main menu
Regular meetings for members and visitors – see ‘Events’
Website Search Facility, Physical archive, Digital archive
Previous Lectures, Audio Recordings, Historical Video-Rambles, Special Historical Projects
Latest News / Events
(Photo shows medieval lynchets remaining in Malham West Field, viewed from public footpath to Malham Cove via Youth Hostel)
Forthcoming Meetings (summary only)
Meetings are held at Kirkby Malham Parish Hall. Members, guests and visitors always welcome. These normally take place on the third Thursday of the month at 7.30 pm. See link to ‘Events’ page below for full details.
Next Meetings: 2025-26 (summary)
- March: Vikings, Scotts & Cistercians – a medieval history of Bordley.
- April: A tour of the Lake District in 1808.
- May: The life of Dr Arthur Raistrick.
- June: Special visit to Skipton Museum.
- July: History of Leeds-Liverpool canal.
- August: Life in medieval Giggleswick.
- September: How the Cistercians transformed the Yorkshire economy.
- October: Droving; whys and hows.
- November: Malhamdale to the New World- Harrison family history.
- December: Tuesday 9th Christmas dinner. Note: 7pm.
- January 2026: Members evening – reading village diaries & short talk.
- February: Talk & AGM + wine & cheese.
- March: on next programme, now fully scheduled (October 25).
MLHG (Malhamdale Local History Group) Purposes
(Thomas Vivares (1735-1821)
Providing an extensive range of information for both local and family historians. The site is based on the historic ecclesiastical Parish of Kirkby in Malhamdale, but we also have some information on other nearby townships that fit socially and geographically within the area (Coniston Cold, Eshton, Winterburn
The Archive & How to Access
We maintain a physical archive and a digital archive of material relating to the history of the townships. Please direct all enquiries through mlhgenquiries@gmail.com
Wanted: New material for the MLHG archive – such as: old documents, photographs, postcards, maps, records, letters etc. Recent additions to archive, detail of access arrangements (+ archive catalogue link)
VIDEO RAMBLES & VOICE RECORDINGS
This new feature will operate once we can upload short video clips. It will take you on a tour of a historical place, event, document or artefact within Malhamdale or a relevant area. Video clips will be produced on an unprofessional basis from local and visiting people who have a special interest or expertise in an aspect of the history of Kirkbymalhamdale.
Click here for an exemplar video ramble. (None yet recorded/uploaded Jan’ 25)
Parish Magazine Articles – MLHG
MLHG members regularly contribute a short historical article to the Malhamdale Parish News magazine – Click Here. This may be from new archive material, recent queries or research, or simply interesting topical items from the website.
MLHG Special Projects:
Special projects focused on particular people, places or themes
History in the Making
The Malhamdale township diaries – written by MLHG volunteer members in recent years. Click here to access:- Diaries Page.
For example: Malham village diary 2023
David Tippey, a tribute to the originator of this website. Click here to read about the wonderful man who researched and built this site.
GDPR and other issues statement.
Links Page: general Malhamdale links page from the old website with many broken/defunct but some may not appear elsewhere so reposted,
Visiting Malhamdale
To view historical sites, get a ‘feel’ for the landscape and talk to residents about recent local history – one of the best ways to learn about the past. Click for: Google Maps Malhamdale (opens in new window).
Why not explore Malhamdale first through the Yorkshire Dales National Park ‘Out of Oblivion’ history in the landscape website, photos and descriptions of really interesting historical places.
Click here for:
- How to get here
- Where to stay
- Local services
MLHG Recorded Talks
Occasionally some of the MLHG talks are recorded to allow people not able to attend to catch up and to allow visitors to get an idea of the types of talk which are presented. Click here to access the recorded talks page.
Click here for an exemplar of one of our talks.
Next section ….. under development Nov’ 25, Unfortunately we cannot currently reinstate the Discussion Forum part of the site as we are not subscribed to a Business Plan with WordPress.Com, so plugins such as a forum are not available.
Browse below through a small selection of old postcard images of special places in Malhamdale. Click arrows left & right to scroll through the postcards and other interesting images..
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