Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for OSBALDWICK

OSBALDWICK, a township and a parish in the district of York and N. R. Yorkshire. The township lies2½ miles E of York r. station. Acres, 680. Real property, £3, 496. Pop., 188. Houses, 38. The parish contains also the township of Murton, and comprises 1, 740 acres. Post-town, York. Real property, £5, 329. Pop., 342. Houses, 72. The property is subdivided. The manor belongs to W. Richardson, Esq. There is a private lunatic asylum. The living is a vicarage, united with the p. curacy of Murton, in the diocese of York. Value, £250. Patron, the Archbishop of York. The church is very old.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Osbaldwick AP/CP       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Osbaldwick

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