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Middleham

Middleham proper noun: a small town and civil parish with a town council in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Richmondshire district (OS grid ref SE1287).

Proper noun

Middleham

  1. A small town and civil parish with a town council in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Richmondshire district (OS grid ref SE1287).
    • Middleham resists definition: it is a village because it covers a single parish; but local people prefer to think of it as a town, and its parish council has the status of a town council.1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 282

Questions about Middleham

What does Middleham mean?
Middleham means a small town and civil parish with a town council in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Richmondshire district (OS grid ref SE1287).
What part of speech is Middleham?
Middleham is a proper noun.

Words near Middleham in the dictionary

  1. middleclicks
  2. middled
  3. Middlefield
  4. middlegame
  5. middlegames
  6. Middleham
  7. middleless
  8. middleman
  9. middlemaning
  10. middlemanism
  11. middlemanned

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