Kirkham, North Yorkshire

Kirkham
Kirkham
	Bridge across the Derwent at Kirkham
	Kirkham Location within North Yorkshire
OS grid reference	SE739659
Civil parish	Westow;
Unitary authority	North Yorkshire;
Ceremonial county	North Yorkshire;
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	York
Postcode district	YO60
Police	North Yorkshire
Fire	North Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
UK Parliament	Thirsk and Malton;

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 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. From 1974 to 2023 it was a part of the Ryedale district 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. (October 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. OL 11956311M.

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[1] GENUKI website. East Riding of Yorkshire. Extraparochial

[2] Great Britain Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Kirkham Tn/CP. Retrieved 20 October 2018.

[3] Butt, R. V. J. (October 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. OL 11956311M.