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Name of Place: Oswinthorpe; County: W. R. York; Number of Miles from: Leeds – 2; Wakefield – 9; Tadcaster – 13; Dist. Lond. – 189; Population: Not given.

Oswinthorpe, or Osmondthorpe. This place is said to be the villa regia in regione Loidis of Bede, and the residence of Oswyn, King of Northumbria, who was murdered in 651. Several remains of ancient works have been discovered here.

Source: England and Wales Delineated by Thomas Dugdale assisted by William Burnett; published by Tallis & Co., Green Arbour Court, Old Bailey, 1835.