Place:Oswaldkirk, North Riding of Yorkshire, England

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Name	Oswaldkirk
Type	Village, Civil parish
Coordinates	54.2°N 1.05°W
Located in	North Riding of Yorkshire, England ( - 1974)
Also located in	Yorkshire, England
	North Yorkshire, England (1974 - )
See also	Helmsley Rural, North Riding of Yorkshire, England	rural district of which the parish was a part 1894-1974
	Ryedale District, North Yorkshire, England	district municipality in which it has been situated since 1974

source: Family History Library Catalog

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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.

Prior to the nationwide municipal reorganization of 1974, Oswaldkirk was part of Helmsley Rural District. Historically, it was an ecclesiastical parish in the Rydale Wapentake.

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