Middleham
Sign in to saveMiddleham ( ; meaning "middle ham", i.e. "middle village") is a market town and civil parish in the district and county of North Yorkshire, England. It lies in Wensleydale in the Yorkshire Dales, on the south side of the valley, upstream from the confluence of the River Ure and River Cover. There has been a settlement there since Roman times. It was recorded in the 1086 Domesday Book as Medelai.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Middleham
- UK place.type
- Town
- UK place.population
- 825
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011 census)
- UK place.unitary_england
- North Yorkshire
- UK place.region
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- North Yorkshire
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Richmond and Northallerton
- UK place.post_town
- LEYBURN
- UK place.postcode_district
- DL8
- UK place.postcode_area
- DL
- UK place.dial_code
- 01969
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SE124878
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Article
16 sectionsContents
- History
- Parish church
- Middleham today
- Governance
- Treasure and archaeological finds
- Middleham Jewel
- Other notable finds
- Media
- Geography and geology
- Notable people
- Popular culture
- Twin town
- See also
- References
- Sources
- External links
Middleham ( ; meaning "middle ham", i.e. "middle village") is a market town and civil parish in the district and county of North Yorkshire, England. It lies in Wensleydale in the Yorkshire Dales, on the south side of the valley, upstream from the confluence of the River Ure and River Cover. There has been a settlement there since Roman times. It was recorded in the 1086 Domesday Book as Medelai.
==History== thumb|left|Middleham Castle Though there is no evidence of civil settlement in the Roman period, a rural villa was discovered in the 19th century some east of the castle, in farmland south of the road to Masham. A branch road from the major Roman thoroughfare of Dere Street passed by, across the valley, through the fort of Wensley to the Roman site of Virosidium at Bainbridge.