OSBALDWICK, a parish in the liberty of ST-PETER-of-YORK,
East riding, though locally in the
wapentake of Bulmer, North riding, of the county of
YORK, comprising the townships of Murton and Osbaldwick,
and containing 310 inhabitants, of which
number, 176 are in the township of Osbaldwick 2?
miles (E.) from York. The living is a discharged
vicarage, in the peculiar jurisdiction and patronage ol
the Prebendary of Strensall in the Cathedral Church ol
York, rated in the king's books at £4, and endowed
with £600 royal bounty. The church is dedicated to
St. Thomas.