Oswaldkirk

Oswaldkirk

View of village from Oswaldkirk Bank
Oswaldkirk
Oswaldkirk shown within North Yorkshire
Population 230 
OS grid reference SE 6239 7909
Civil parish
  • Oswaldkirk
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town York
Postcode district YO62
Dialling code 01439
Police North Yorkshire
Fire North Yorkshire
Ambulance Yorkshire
EU Parliament Yorkshire and the Humber
UK Parliament

Oswaldkirk is a small village and civil parish near Helmsley in the district of Ryedale in North Yorkshire, England:. It is named after the village church of St Oswald, King and Martyr, the Anglo-Saxon King of Northumbria who was slain by the pagan, Penda in 642. There is also a Catholic church, dedicated to St Aidan. The population of the village as taken at the 2011 census was 230.[1]

The village is situated on the junction of the B1257 and the B1363 and straddles the boundaries of the North York Moors National Park and the Howardian Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Non-ecclesiastical amenities include a playground, a village hall and a pub called 'The Malt Shovel'. The Millennium Trail, a circular waymarked walk around Oswaldkirk, takes in the major historical sites and points of interest. The village is also on the path of the Ebor Way.

Each year the village holds a Safari Lunch,[2] a Cricket match and a Bonfire. Every two years there is a benefice Hog Roast (Ampleforth, Gilling East, Stonegrave & Oswaldkirk).[3] In 2002 the village community wrote a book entitled "Oswaldkirk, A Living Village".[4] In 2008, the village reached the North of England Finals in the Calor village of the year competition, and was placed first in the "people" category.[5]

Geology

Oswaldkirk is situated to the south of a steep hill, known as "Oswaldkirk Hagg". Many springs rise along the base of the hill, at the boundary of the Kimmeridge clay and the Coralline Oolite. The latter was mined into the twentieth century in numerous quarries on the hagg between Oswaldkirk and Ampleforth, and fossils from the limestone, especially gastropods, are often found in the village.

History

The first recorded reference to Oswaldkirk was in the Domesday Book. It was referred to as "Oswaldecherca" or "Oswaldecherce" (Oswald's Church).

Oswaldkirk Hall, a Grade II* listed house, was built c,1690 for William Moor.

References

  1. ↑ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  2. ↑ http://www.oswaldkirk.org/StopPress.html
  3. ↑ http://www.oswaldkirk.org/PM%20Minutes/Aug%2011.pdf
  4. ↑ http://oswaldkirkhistory.oswaldkirk.org/index.htm
  5. ↑ Certificate in Village Hall

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