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Name:Middleham Town
NY SMR Number:MNY15750
Type of record:Monument
Last edited:Feb 11 2016 9:29AM

Protected Status

  • Conservation Area: Middleham Conservation Area
Grid Reference:SE 127 877
Parish:Middleham [1080]; Richmondshire; YDNP

Monument Type(s):

  • HOSPITAL? (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)
  • TOWN (Medieval to Modern - 1066 AD? to 2050 AD)

Other References/Statuses

    Full description

    Possibly a planned medieval town, based on plan form (1 -2)
    Possibly a hospital site at east end of town (3)
    Included in the Gazetteer of Markets and Fairs.(4)


    <1> Ordnance Survey; NYCC, SMR Map Collection (Map). SNY8240.


    <2> North Yorkshire County Council, 1979, HISTORIC TOWN STUDIES: Middleham (Manuscript). SNY9380.


    <3> Institute of Historical Research, 1913 (1974), Victoria County History of the Counties of England County of Yorkshire Volume III, p 315 (Monograph). SNY16144.


    <4> Centre for Metropolitan History, 2003, Gazetteer of Markets and Fairs in England and Wales to 1516 (Webpage). SNY21136.

    Sources and further reading

    <1>SNY8240 - Map: Ordnance Survey; NYCC. SMR Map Collection.
    <2>SNY9380 - Manuscript: North Yorkshire County Council. 1979. HISTORIC TOWN STUDIES: Middleham. Tyler, A.
    <3>SNY16144 - Monograph: Institute of Historical Research. 1913 (1974). Victoria County History of the Counties of England County of Yorkshire Volume III. Page, W (ed). p 315.
    <4>SNY21136 - Webpage: Centre for Metropolitan History. 2003. Gazetteer of Markets and Fairs in England and Wales to 1516. Gazetteer.

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