Kirkby Malzeard
Kirkby Malzeard /ˈkɜːrbɪ ˈmælzərd/[1] is a village and civil parish in the Harrogate district of North Yorkshire, England.
In recent years a creamery in the village was acquired by the Wensleydale Creamery, and Wensleydale cheese is now made there.[2]
History
Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, the village was mentioned in Domesday Book as Chirchebi (meaning "church village"). The suffix Malzeard (another place-name, meaning "bad clearing" in Norman French) was added by the early 12th century.[3] In medieval times the honour of Kirkby Malzeard included large areas to the west of the village in upper Nidderdale, and the parish came to include several townships:
- Azerley
- Fountains Earth
- Grewelthorpe
- Hartwith cum Winsley (a detached part)
- Laverton
- Stonebeck Down
- Stonebeck Up
The townships became separate civil parishes in the 19th century.[4]
The writer and historian William Grainge was born to a farming family in the village.[5]
References
- ^ BBC Pronouncing Dictionary of British Names (1983), Oxford University Press ISBN 0-19-212976-7
- ^ Wensleydale Creamery: History and Heritage
- ^ Watts, Victor, ed. (2010), "Kirkby", The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names, Cambridge University Press
- ^ Vision of Britain website
- ^ North Yorkshire County Council website
External links
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