Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Middleham

Middleham, par. and vil., North-Riding Yorkshire, 2½ m. SE. of Leyburn, 2154 ac., pop. 818; P.O., T.O.; in vicinity of vil. is Middleham Hall, seat; on the top of the hill are the extensive and picturesque ruins of Sliddleham Castle (12th century), the stronghold of Warwick, the "King Maker," and the favourite residence of Richard III.; horses are broken on M. Moor.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Middleham CP/AP       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Middleham

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