Oswaldkirk Yorkshire Family History Guide

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Oswaldkirk is an Ancient Parish in the county of Yorkshire.

Other places in the parish include: Oswaldkirk Quarter, Newton Grange, East Newton and Laysthorp, and Ampleforth Oswaldkirk.

Riding: North Riding

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1538 (Marriages Free Online)
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1601

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish Registers

Oswaldkirk Parish Register 1538-1837

Oswaldkirk Co. York Parish Register: Marriages 1538 to 1837 by mfwuk. Marriage Transcripts from the parish registers of Oswaldkirk, Co. York – 1538 -1837. – This book is a free download from Parishmouse

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

OSWALDKIRK, a village, a township, a parish, and a sub-district, in Helmsley district, N. R. Yorkshire. The village stands 1½ mile N of Gilling r. station, and 3¼ S of Helmsley; and has a post-office under York. The township includes the village, and extends into the country. Real property, £2,401. Pop., 219. Houses, 44.

The parish contains also the township of Ampleforth-Oswaldkirk; is much interlocked with Ampleforth parish; and comprises, jointly with that parish, 3,573 acres. Real property of O. parish alone, £3,941. Pop. in 1851, 428; in 1861, 524. Houses, 96. The increase of pop. was mainly in Ampleforth-Oswaldkirk township; and arose from the presence of workmen employed in enlarging the Roman Catholic college. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to R. B. Oakley, Esq.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of York. Value, £868. Patrons, the Trustees of the Rev. T. Comber. The church is good, and contains several monuments. There are a Wesleyan meeting-place, a slightly endowed school, and charities £29. R. Dodsworth, the antiquary, was a native. The sub-district contains also Ampleforth and Gilling parishes, and seven townships in four other parishes. Acres, 16,041. Pop., 2,124. Houses, 420.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

  • County: Yorkshire
  • Civil Registration District: Helmsley
  • Probate Court: Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York
  • Diocese: York
  • Rural Deanery: Riddal
  • Poor Law Union: Helmsley
  • Hundred: Ryedale
  • Province: York