Malhamdale

Kirkby Malham lies on the River Aire, a short distance from Malham. It's so small that most people simply pass through on their way to better known beauty spots, and yet despite its size, Kirkby Malham has a cornucopia of  interesting connections and curiosities. 

Bill Bryson, the American author of the best-selling Notes from A Small Island lived in Kirkby Malham for several years. Many years earlier another literary great, Charles Kingsley, stayed in the hamlet, and immortalised the church bell…