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The Ancient Parish of OSWALDKIRK
[Transcribed information mainly from the early 1820s]
"OSWALDKIRK, a parish in the wapentake of Rydale; 3 miles S. of Helmsley (Oswaldkirk Hall, the residence of the Rev. Francis Simpson) . Here are the remains of a very ancient building, supposed to be a monastery, begun in the ninth century, but never completed, the establishment being removed to Old Byland. The church is an ancient edifice (see Churches for photograph), dedicated to St. Oswald, in the patronage of William Gray, Esq. Ther are some very ancient e pillars at the entrance door on the south, and within the church is on arch of Saxon architecture. The living is a rectory. Here is a school for eight poor children, endowed with £5. a year, by Mrs. Mary Thompson. Population, 388."Information on the following places in this Parish is contained on a supplementary page.
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[Description(s) edited mainly from various 19th century sources by Colin Hinson. ©2010]
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- The Bowdery Bequests in St. Oswalds's Church, Oswaldkirk.
- Here are photographs of Churches etc. in the parish:
- St. Oswald's Church, Oswaldkirk - view 1.
- Internal view looking down the nave
- The East Window
- The Ceiling
- The font
- St. Oswald's Church, Oswaldkirk - view 2.
- St. Oswald's Church, Oswaldkirk - view 3.
- St. Aiden's Roman Catholic Church, Oswaldkirk.
- St. Oswald's Church, Oswaldkirk - view 1.
- Transcript of the entry for Oswaldkirk in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
- The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Parish of Oswaldkirk.
- The List of Rectors in St. Oswald's Church porch, Oswaldkirk.
- Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the Baines's Directory of 1823, of the North Riding.
- Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the White's Directory of 1840, Yorkshire section.
- Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the Bulmers Directory of 1890. of the North Riding.
- There is further information about this parish from the National Gazetteer 1868, Yorkshire extracts.
- There is further information about this parish from the Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England 1835, Yorkshire extracts.
- There is further information about this parish from the Bulmer's 1890 History and Directory of the North Riding.
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Oswaldkirk to another place.
- For a detailed map of this parish see this parish boundaries map.
- For a more detailed map of the parishes in the riding please see the Yorkshire parish maps page.
- For a more detailed map of the county please see the Yorkshire map page.
- Here is a map showing the wapentakes for the county.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SE625792 (Lat/Lon: 54.204746, -1.043327), Oswaldkirk which are provided by:
- OpenStreetMap
- Google Maps
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- Bing (was Multimap)
- Old Maps Online
- National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- The World War I Memorial Plaque in St. Oswald's Church, Oswaldkirk.
- This parish is covered (or partly covered) by the following Societies: