Kirkham, North Yorkshire

Kirkham, North Yorkshire

Kirkham is a village in North Yorkshire, England, close to Malton, situated in the Howardian Hills alongside the River Derwent, and is notable for the nearby ruins of Kirkham Priory, an Augustinian establishment.

John Oxley (1785-1828), an explorer of south east Australia, was born here.

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