Osbaldeston is a village and

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, England about north-west of

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and east of Preston. The population of the civil parish as taken at the 2011 census was 185. Osbaldeston is on the

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and lies on the south bank of the

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opposite

Ribchester Ribchester () is a village and civil parish within the Ribble Valley district of Lancashire, England. It lies on the banks of the River Ribble, northwest of Blackburn and east of Preston, Lancashire, Preston. The village has a long history w ...

. The parish has an area of , and the land rises from 70 ft above sea level, by the banks of the river, to 360 ft to the south-east.'Townships: Osbaldeston', in A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 6, ed.
William Farrer and J Brownbill (London, 1911), pp. 319–325.

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accessed 31 July 2019 There is no

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place of worship, but the Roman Catholic Church of St. Mary (built in 1837–38) is at in Longsight Road and is Perpendicular in style. The

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of Osbaldeston Green lies due north of the village. There is record of a

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in the area. Osbaldeston Hall, which lies beside the Ribble, is a Grade II*

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dating from about 1600, constructed with crucks. It is associated with the Catholic martyr Edward Osbaldeston. Oxendale Hall is a building of 1656, with a gabled façade.Pevsner, Nikolaus (1969) ''The Buildings of England – North Lancashire'', Harmondsworth: Penguin, ; p. 185 The hall has two stories, and most of the house has a

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façade from a 1946 restoration. This was performed after a long period of time when many parts of the hall, which was used as a farmhouse, fell into dilapidation. Much of the inside of the house, including the 'banqueting hall', has visible timber framing.

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