KIRKHAM, a liberty (extra-parochial), in the wapentake of BUCKROSE, East riding of the county of YORK, 5 miles (S.W. by S.) from New Malton, containing 7 inhabitants. A priory of Augustine canons was founded, in 1121, by Sir Walter LEspec, Knt., and Adelina his wife, and dedicated to the Holy Trinity, the revenue of which, at the dissolution, was estimated at £300. 15. 6.: the ruins of this splendid establishment stand in a delightful vale watered by the Derwent; the fine Gothic tower, covered with ivy, was blown down in 1784; the remaining vestiges are the northern part of the gate, with fragments of the walls.