Editing Osbaldwick (section)

==History==

It is mentioned three times in the ''[[Domesday Book]]'' as ''Osboldewic''.<ref>{{OpenDomesday|SE6351|osbaldwick|Osbaldwick|accessdate=5 January 2013}}</ref> It is named after [[Osbald of Northumbria|Osbald]], an [[earl]] in the kingdom of [[Northumbria]]. At that time the manor was assessed with the city of York and the lands held by the Church of St Peter, York. It was the first Norman Archbishop of York that created the office of ''[[Prebendary|Prebend]] of Osbaldwick''. The earliest mention of an incumbent of this office was of ''Richard le Brun'' in 1270. The office was de facto lord of the manor of the village. In 1852, the Church was allowed to sell off land and Osbaldwick Manor was sold to a Thomas Samuel Watkinson, later the [[Lord Mayor of York]].<ref name="History">{{cite web |title=Parishes: Osbaldwick {{!}} British History Online |url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/yorks/north/vol2/pp164-167 |via=British History Online |access-date=21 August 2024}}</ref>

The village was historically part of the [[North Riding of Yorkshire]] until 1974. It was then a part of the district of [[Ryedale]] in [[North Yorkshire]] from 1974 until 1996. Since 1996 it has been part of the City of York unitary authority.<ref>{{cite web|title=History of Osbaldwick, in York and North Riding {{!}} Map and description|url=https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13847|access-date=2020-11-28|website=visionofbritain.org.uk}}</ref>