Place:Osmotherley, North Riding of Yorkshire, England

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NameOsmotherley
Alt namesOsmotherleysource: from redirect
TypeAncient parish, Civil parish
Coordinates54.368°N 1.297°W
Located inNorth Riding of Yorkshire, England     ( - 1974)
Also located inYorkshire, England    
North Yorkshire, England     (1974 - )
See alsoAllerton Wapentake, North Riding of Yorkshire, Englandwapentake in which it was locatedNorthallerton Rural, North Riding of Yorkshire, England|rural district of which the civil parish was a part 1894-1974
Hambleton District, North Yorkshire, Englanddistrict municipality in which it has been situated since 1974
source: Family History Library Catalog

NOTE: There is another place named Osmotherley, formerly in Lancashire, in the new county of Cumbria to the northwest.


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Osmotherley is an English village and civil parish, situated in the Hambleton hills in North Yorkshire. The village is the western edge of the North York Moors National Park. It had a population of 668 in the UK census of 2011.

The Church of England parish church is dedicated to St Peter and is built on an earlier Saxon site, with parts of the building dating from the Norman period. Largely rebuilt by architect C. Hodgson Fowler in 1892, it is a grade II* listed building.

John Wesley preached at the barter table in the middle of Osmotherley on several occasions, the first in 1745. In 1754 a Methodist Chapel was erected in Chapel Yard.

Osmotherley is also home to Osmotherley Friends Meeting House, which is a traditional stone building, erected in 1690 or 1723. Meetings are still held here once a month. It is thought that George Fox may have visited the village in the late 17th century.

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Prior to the nationwide municipal reorganization of 1974, Osmotherley, now in the Hambleton District, was located in Northallerton Rural District. Historically, it was an ancient parish in the Allerton Wapentake and included the townships of Ellerbeck, Thimbleby and West Harlsey. It was part of the Northallerton Registration District.

For more information, see the EN Wikipedia article Osmotherley, North Yorkshire.

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