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Masham is a small market-town in the North Riding of Yorkshire, 218 miles from London. It has a cloth-manufactory; a corn-mill on the river Ure; and a warren in the neighbouring moor, called Ellingstring-moor. Market on Tuesdays, and fairs September 18 and 19.

Source: The Universal British Directory of Trade, Commerce, and Manufacture 1791. Vol. 5.