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Malham, North Yorkshire
Malham
county:-   North Yorkshire
locality type:-   buildings
1Km square:-   SD9062
10Km square:-   SD96

evidence:-   descriptive text:- West 1778 (11th edn 1821) 
placename:-  Malham
placename:-  Maum
source data:-   Guide book, A Guide to the Lakes, by Thomas West, published by William Pennington, Kendal, Cumbria once Westmorland, and in London, 1778 to 1821.
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Addendum; Mr Gray's Journal, 1769 
Page 220:-  "..."
"... came to Malham (pronounced Maum) a village in the bosom of the mountains, seated in a wild and dreary valley. ..."
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Page 221:-  "... At the alehouse where I dined in Malham, Vivares, the landscape painter, had lodged for a week or more; Smith and Bellers and also been there, and two prints of Gordale have been engraved by them."
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Tour to the Caves in the West Riding of Yorkshire, late 18th century 
Page 277:-  "..."
"From Settle we proceeded eastward, over the moors and mountains, about half a dozen miles, to Malham, or Maum, in order to see some other natural curiosities of the precipice and cataract kind. ..."

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