Malham is a village and civil parish in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England. Before 20th century boundary changes, the village was part of the Settle Rural District, in the historic West Riding of Yorkshire. In the Domesday Book, the name is given as Malgun, meaning "settlement by the gravelly places". In 2001 the parish had a population of approximately 150. Malham parish increased in size geographically and so at the 2011 Census had a population of 238.
Malham is surrounded by stone-walled pastures
Ford
Small bridge
Sweet shop and Post Office
Craven was a non-metropolitan district in the west of North Yorkshire, centred on the market town of Skipton.
The Domesday Book, on folio 301v, lists the arable land In Craven
The mediaeval monasteries converted unused wilderness into sheep farms
Woodland, for it to endure, must be enclosed to protect its re-growth from grazing
In the 16–17th century Craven prized Longhorn cattle both for beef and their high butterfat milk that makes fine cheeses