Kilham is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.

[8] It held annual trading fairs and had a large number of businesses and a considerable population.

A further spring, called Henpit Hole, was near the road to Langtoft; during a wet autumn it would spout with "violence".

[14] Occupations included twenty-two farmers, seven shoemakers, five grocers, three of whom were also drapers, four blacksmiths, four tailors, four bricklayers, three joiners, two butchers, two glove makers, a brick & tile maker, a draper, a bacon factor (wholesale tradesman), a plumber & glazier, a bookseller, a saddler, a fellmonger, a corn miller, a gardener & seedsman, and the landlords of the Royal Oak, Plough, Star, and Black Bull public houses.

Outside the church is a grade II listed tethering ring in a stone block – evidence of the cattle trade and bull-baiting which once took place in the village.

[21] In 2010 the Kilham Playing Field Association opened a recreational playing field on Back Lane, to provide a full-sized football pitch, a 5-a-side football pitch, grass tennis courts, adventure playground and cycle track.