Middleham
Middleham 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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 825 residents
- Description: town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Middleham, North Yorkshire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Middleham Castle and Wensleydale Hotel.
Middleham Castle
Middleham Castle is a ruined castle in Middleham in Wensleydale, in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It was built by Robert Fitzrandolph, 3rd Lord of Middleham and Spennithorne, commencing in 1190.Wensleydale Hotel
Hotel
Photo: Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Wensleydale Hotel is a historic building in Middleham, a town in North Yorkshire, in England. The hotel was built around 1800 as an inn named The White Swan.
Middleham Market Cross
Cross
Photo: Roger Templeman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Middleham Market Cross is a historic structure in Middleham, a town in North Yorkshire, in England. Middleham received a market charter in 1389, and a cross was erected in the lower market place, in the 14th or 15th century.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Coverham and Leyburn.
Coverham
Village
Coverham is a village in Coverdale in the Yorkshire Dales in North Yorkshire, England. It lies 2 miles west of the town of Middleham. Coverham is situated 2 miles southwest of Middleham.
Leyburn
Town
Photo: Anthony Harrison, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Leyburn is a market town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, sitting above the northern bank of the River Ure in Wensleydale. Historically in the North Riding of Yorkshire, the name was derived from 'Ley' or 'Le', and 'burn', meaning clearing by the stream. Leyburn is situated 2 miles northwest of Middleham.
Wensley
Village
Photo: Roger Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wensley is a small village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It consists of a few homes and holiday cottage, an inn, a pub and a historic church. Wensley is situated 2½ miles northwest of Middleham.
Middleham
- Categories: civil parish, market town, and locality
- Location: Middleham, Richmondshire District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.28542° or 54° 17′ 8″ northLongitude
-1.80565° or 1° 48′ 20″ westPopulation
825Elevation
456 feet (139 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB MDLOpen location code
9C6W75PV+5POpenStreetMap ID
node 33808333OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Middleham” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Middleham”
- Cebuano: “Middleham”
- Chinese: “米德尔汉姆”
- Chinese: “米德爾漢姆”
- Chinese: “米德爾赫姆”
- Dutch: “Middleham”
- French: “Middleham”
- Greek: “Μίντλεχαμ”
- Irish: “Middleham”
- Italian: “Middleham”
- Japanese: “ミドラム”
- Ladin: “Middleham”
- Latin: “Mediolanium”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Middleham”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Middleham”
- Persian: “میدلهام”
- Polish: “Middleham”
- Romanian: “Middleham”
- South Azerbaijani: “میدلهام”
- Spanish: “Middleham”
- Swedish: “Middleham”
- Turkish: “Middleham”
- Volapük: “Middleham”
- Welsh: “Middleham”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Spennithorne and Middleham Low Moor.
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