Editing Middleham (section)

{{Short description|Market town in North Yorkshire, England}}
{{for|the former settlement in Devon|Middleham, Devon}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2017}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2014}}
{{Infobox UK place
|country                  = England
|coordinates              = {{coord|54.2859|-1.8087|display=inline,title}}
|official_name            = Middleham
|population               = 825
|population_ref           = ([[United Kingdom Census 2011|2011 census]])<ref>{{NOMIS2011|id=1170217169|title=Middleham Parish|access-date=21 February 2018}}</ref>
|unitary_england           = [[North Yorkshire District|North Yorkshire]]
|region                   = Yorkshire and the Humber
|static_image_name        = Middleham.jpg
|static_image_caption     = Middleham Marketplace
|lieutenancy_england       = [[North Yorkshire]]
|constituency_westminster = [[Richmond and Northallerton (UK Parliament constituency)|Richmond and Northallerton]]
|post_town                = LEYBURN
|postcode_district        = DL8
|postcode_area            = DL
|dial_code                = 01969
|os_grid_reference        = SE124878
|london_distance          = 
}}
'''Middleham''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|m|ɪ|d|əl|ə|m}} {{respell|MID|əl|əm}};<ref>{{cite book |last=Jones |first=Daniel |editor1-last=Roach |editor1-first=Peter |editor2-last=Hartman |editor2-first=James |editor3-last=Setter |editor3-first=Jane |title=English Pronouncing Dictionary |edition=17th |year=2006 |publisher=Cambridge University press |isbn=978-0-521-86230-1 |page=[https://archive.org/details/englishpronounci00dani/page/324 324] |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/englishpronounci00dani/page/324}}</ref> meaning "middle ''ham''", i.e. "middle village") is a [[market town]] and [[civil parishes in England|civil parish]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Middleham Parish Council – North Yorkshire |url=https://middlehamtowncouncil.co.uk/ |access-date=2023-04-06 |website=middlehamtowncouncil.co.uk |archive-date=6 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406151035/https://middlehamtowncouncil.co.uk/ |url-status=live }}</ref> in the [[North Yorkshire District|district]] and [[North Yorkshire|county]] of [[North Yorkshire]], England. It lies in [[Wensleydale]] in the [[Yorkshire Dales]], on the south side of the valley, upstream from the junction of the [[River Ure]] and [[River Cover]]. There has been a settlement there since [[Roman Britain|Roman times]]. It was recorded in the 1086 ''[[Domesday Book]]'' as ''Medelai''.