Osgodby, coastal North Yorkshire explained

Country:England
Coordinates:54.2469°N -0.38°W
Official Name:Osgodby
Static Image:St Michael and All Angels - geograph.org.uk - 1193272.jpg
Static Image Caption:St Michael & All Angels Church
Population:1,248
Population Ref:(2011 census)
Civil Parish:Osgodby
Unitary England:North Yorkshire
Lieutenancy England:North Yorkshire
Region:Yorkshire and the Humber
Constituency Westminster:Scarborough and Whitby
Post Town:SCARBOROUGH
Postcode District:YO11
Postcode Area:YO
Os Grid Reference:TA055846

Osgodby is a village and civil parish in the district and county of North Yorkshire, England. Until 2023, it was in the borough of Scarborough.

Approximately 3miles south of Scarborough off the coastal road, Osgodby was a medieval village with a manor house mentioned in the Domesday Book as Asgozbi ('Asgaut's farm or estate'). It appears to have grown until the 13th or 14th century and then declined to a sparsely populated farming area by the 19th century. Housing was developed east of the medieval site in the 1930s and again from the 1960s, with buildings of farms on the site of the manor house being converted into a pub and a restaurant. The oldest surviving building is Stuart House, dated 1615. Remnants of a 13th-century chantry chapel of St Leonard have been incorporated into a barn.[1] [2]

According to the 2011 UK census, Osgodby parish had a population of 1,248, an increase on the 2001 UK census figure of 1,186.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Scarborough, North Yorkshire: Osgodby . Visitor UK . 16 June 2023 .
  2. Web site: Philip Nicholas Wood . Excavation at the Medieval Village of Osgodby, near Scarborough, North Yorkshire. Analysis Report prepared for North Yorkshire County Council . 27 October 2010 . Northern Archaeological Associates Ltd . academia.edu . 16 June 2023 .
  3. Web site: 2001 Census: Key Statistics: Parish Headcounts: Area: Osgodby CP (Parish) . 7 July 2008 . Neighbourhood Statistics . Office for National Statistics.