Masham

Coordinates: 54°13′22″N 1°39′15″W / 54.2227°N 1.6541°W / 54.2227; -1.6541
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Masham (

civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It had a population of 1,205 at the 2011 census.[1]

Etymology

In Wensleydale, on the western bank of the River Ure, the name derives from the Anglo-Saxon "Mæssa's Ham", the homestead belonging to Mæssa.[2]

History

Silver Street
St Mary the Virgin church

The Romans had a presence here, but the first permanent settlers were the Angles. Around 900 AD the Vikings invaded, burning and laying waste to the church. They also introduced sheep farming, for which the town is still known.

Masham was historically a large parish in the

West Riding, common to the parishes of Masham and East Witton. It was divided between the parishes of Healey, Ilton cum Pott and Colsterdale in 1934.[5]

The area of the ancient parish, except Burton-on-Yore, was known as Mashamshire from the 12th century or earlier.[6]

peculiar
.

During the Middle Ages, Masham developed as a small town with milling, mining, cloth making and tanning industries.

Jervaulx and Fountains Abbeys
, with their large flocks of sheep.

From 1875 the town was served by the

North Eastern Railway. Passenger services were stopped in December 1930 with goods traffic continuing until 1963. The station was across the River Ure at Low Burton.[8]

The naturalist Charles Hedley (1862–1926) was born in Masham, where his father the Rev. Canon Thomas Hedley was vicar.[9]

On 5 July 2014 the Tour de France Stage 1 from Leeds to Harrogate passed through the town.[10]

Governance

Masham is part of the electoral ward of Mashamshire. This ward stretches west to Colsterdale with a total population taken at the 2011 Census of 2,350.[11]

The parish now shares a

Ilton cum Pott and Swinton with Warthermarske.[12]

Community

Masham Town Hall
Black Sheep Brewery
Theakston Brewery

Masham market days are Wednesday, Saturday and Bank Holiday Monday with a Farmers' Market every first Sunday of the month from April to September.[13] An annual Sheep Fair is held in September. The market place, the largest in the district,[14] is tightly bordered on its south and west sides by ranges of two- and three-storey buildings. To the south-east, lies St. Mary's Church with its large yard.

Although Masham is a relatively small town it has two working breweries,

Theakstons, situated only a few hundred yards from one another. The Black Sheep Brewery sponsors annual folk festivals. Previous performers have included Hugh Cornwell of The Stranglers.[15]
The town was also for a long time home to Lightfoot Brewery. this was bought by the Theakston family and closed in the 1920s. The Lightfoot brewery buildings are now used by Black Sheep.

The Masham Steam Engine & Fair Organ Rally is held annually,[16] organised by the Masham Town Hall Association; it began in 1965 to raise money for Masham Town Hall. The town holds an arts festival every two years.[17]

Media

Local news and television programmes are provided by BBC North East and Cumbria and ITV Tyne Tees. Television signals are received from the Bilsdale TV transmitter.[18]

Local radio stations are BBC Radio York, Greatest Hits Radio Harrogate & the Yorkshire Dales and Dales Radio.[19]

The town is served by the local newspaper, Harrogate Advertiser.[20]

Transport

The nearest railway stations are Thirsk and Northallerton both of which are on the East Coast Main Line; although the town was formerly served by a station on the Masham branch railway. Buses operate from Ripon and the town is on the A6108 road between Ripon, Leyburn, Richmond and Scotch Corner.[21] The town is several miles west of the A1(M) motorway.

References

  1. ^
    Office for National Statistics
    . Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  2. OCLC 3818214
    .
  3. ^ "GENUKI: Masham Supplementary". www.genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
  4. ^ "Masham CP/AP through time". www.visionofbritain.org.uk. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
  5. ^ "Masham Moor PA through time | Census tables with data for the Parish-level Unit". www.visionofbritain.org.uk. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  6. ^ Page, William, ed. (1914). "Parishes: Masham". A History of the County of York North Riding: Volume 1. Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  7. ^ Lee, John S. "Medieval local history from published records: a case-study of the medieval manor, market and church of Masham, Yorkshire". The Local Historian 45 (2015), 54–67.
  8. ^ Catford, Nick. "Disused Stations: Masham Station". www.disused-stations.org.uk. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
  9. ^ Fairfax, Denis. "Hedley, Charles (1862–1926)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  10. ^ "Tour de France Stage 1". Archived from the original on 25 July 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
  11. Office for National Statistics
    . Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  12. ^ "Masham Parish Council". Visit Masham. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  13. ^ "Masham Market – Speciality markets throughout the year". www.mashammarket.co.uk. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
  14. ^ "About Masham". Masham Town Hall. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
  15. ^ "Star line up for Masham music festival". Harrogate Advertiser. 27 February 2007. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
  16. ^ Masham Steam Engine & Fair Organ Rally. Retrieved 5 January 2015
  17. ^ "Mashamshire Festival of Arts". BBC. 29 October 2014. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  18. ^ "Bilsdale (North Yorkshire, England) Full Freeview transmitter". UK Free TV. 1 May 2004. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  19. ^ "Yorkshire Radio Stations". Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  20. ^ "Harrogate Advertiser". British Papers. 28 March 2014. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  21. ^ "Getting Here – Visit Masham". Visit Masham.

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