Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Malghemore 1170 Font 1461 Vyner

• Malhgamora 1178–87 YChvii

• Malgemore, Malgemora c.1190 Fount c.1200 Font

• Malchemore 13 Font

• Malghmore, Malghmora 1198 Fount 1399 Font

• Malhgmora 1327 Fount

• Malgmore 1328 Font

• Mallamore 1587 FF, YD vi

• mora de Malhom 1175 YChvii

• Malhom More(z) 1540 Fount 1566 FF

• Malghummore 1328 Font

• Malhummore 1328 Percy

• Mallome More 1539,1543 WillY

• Malham more(z) 1540 Fount 1562 WillY

• Mawlam more 1619 PRMl

Etymology

'The moor belonging to Malham', v. mōr , here the great moorland tract between Wharfedale and Ribblesdale which was a valuable sheep-raising estate of Fountains Abbey. The first el. was originally the gen.pl. (Malha ) of the word found in Malham 133supra , and the use of the gen.pl. in this, in Malhamdale 128supra , and in Malham Water and Water Houses infra , shows that the significance of the el. in Malham must still have been felt when these p.ns. came into being.