BRIMHAM, a hamlet in the chapelry of HARTWITH,
parish of KIRKBY-MALZEARD, lower division of the wapentake
of CLARO, West riding of the county of YORK,
6 miles (W.) from Ripley. The population is returned
with Hartwith. Brimham Craggs, an assemblage of
rocks covering about forty acres of ground, are thought
from their singular position, to have been thrown together
by some extraordinary convulsion of the earth;
the spot is also supposed to have been chosen for the
performance of the sacred rites of the Druids, from the
appearance of altars, rock-idols, rocking-stones, and
other rude symbols.