Osbaldeston is a village and civil parish at in Lancashire

Lancashire

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, England

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 about 8 kilometres (5 mi) northwest of Blackburn and 10 kilometres (6 mi) east of Preston.

Osbaldeston is on the A59 road

A59 road

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 and lies on the south bank of the River Ribble

River Ribble

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 opposite Ribchester

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.The village has a long history with evidence of Bronze Age beginnings...

. There is no Anglican

Church of England

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 place of worship but the Roman Catholic

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 Church of St. Mary is at in Longsight Road. The hamlet

Hamlet (place)

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 of Osbaldeston Green lies due north of the village.

Osbaldeston Hall which lies beside the Ribble, is a Grade II* listed building dating from about 1600. It is associated with the Catholic martyr Edward Osbaldeston

Edward Osbaldeston

Blessed Edward Osbaldeston was an English martyr, born about 1560. Не was hanged, drawn, and quartered at York, 16 November 1594.Son of Thomas Osbaldeston, and nephew of Edward Osbaldeston, of Osbaldeston Hall, near Blackburn, Lancashire, he went to the English College of Douai, then at Reims,...

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External links

• Osbaldeston page at GenUKI
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