In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Oswaldkirk like this:
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 arosefrom 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.
Oswaldkirk through time
Oswaldkirk is now part of Ryedale district. Click here for graphs and data of how Ryedale has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Oswaldkirk itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Oswaldkirk, in Ryedale and North Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13853
Date accessed: 30th April 2024
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