Kirkby Malham is a small village and civil parish in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England.

Kirkby Malham was mentioned in the Domesday Book as being waste, but that the land belonged to Roger of Poitou.

[4] Nearby settlements include Malham, just to the north, Hanlith to the east by the River Aire, and Airton and Calton to the south.

[6] In 1606, John Topham founded a grammar school in Kirkby Malham for between 20 and thirty local children, which was described as having "moderate quarterages", although the classics were taught for free.

[15] The village was also known historically as Kirkby Malhamdale, and was in the West Riding of Yorkshire, part of the Settle Rural District, until the boundary changes of 1974.