Masham (əm {respell|MASS|əm}) is a small market town and civil parish in the Harrogate district of North Yorkshire, England. It has a population of 1,235. Situated in Wensleydale on the western bank of the River Ure, the name derives from the Anglo-Saxon `Mæssa`s Ham`, the homestead belonging to Mæssa. The Romans had a presence here, but th......