Masham, North Yorkshire

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Masham is a town in North Yorkshire

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Masham within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Masham in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Masham, market town, par., and township with ry. sta., North-Riding Yorkshire - par., 17,018 ac., pop. 2174; township, 2347 ac., pop. 1071; town, on river Ure, 10½ miles NW. of Ripon, pop. 2174; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks. Market-day, Wednesday. Masham gave the title of baron to the family of Scroop.

Masham in the Domesday Book

A village in Land of Count Alan hundred, in the county of Yorkshire.

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