Kirkham, North Yorkshire
Kirkham is a village in North Yorkshire, England, close to Malton, situated in the Howardian Hills alongside the River Derwent, and is notable for the nearby ruins of Kirkham Priory, an Augustinian establishment.
| Kirkham | |
|---|---|
 Bridge across the Derwent at Kirkham | |
  Kirkham Location within North Yorkshire | |
| OS grid reference | SE739659 |
| Civil parish | |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | York |
| Postcode district | YO60 |
| Police | North Yorkshire |
| Fire | North Yorkshire |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
| UK Parliament | |
Kirkham was historically an extra parochial area in the East Riding of Yorkshire.[1] It became a civil parish in 1866. In 1935 the civil parish was abolished and merged into the civil parish of Firby.[2] In 1974 it was transferred to the new county of North Yorkshire, and when the parish of Firby was abolished it joined the parish of Westow.
Kirkham was served by Kirkham Abbey railway station on the York to Scarborough Line between 1845 and 1930.[3]
John Oxley (1785-1828), an explorer of south-east Australia, was born here.
References
- GENUKI website. East Riding of Yorkshire. Extraparochial
- Great Britain Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Kirkham Tn/CP. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
- Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.
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