Low Osgoodby is on my map as being about 1/2 mile due west of high Osgoodby, On the old maps website it is shown as a cluster of houses, none of which are named individually. http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/NRY/Kilburn/index.html this reference gives its population as 29 so it may have banished by now! I have Kirbys in the Helmsley area as well but can't see any connection as yet! Good luck, Sheila Harris -----Original Message----- From: eng-north-yorks-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:eng-north-yorks-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Laurie Kirby (aka Laurie Keller) Sent: 19 December 2007 12:32 To: eng-north-yorks@rootsweb.com Subject: [ENG-NORTH-YORKS] Osgoodby near Kilburn The post by Laurel Sayer mentioned hamlets near Kilburn and included Osgoodby. My husband's Kirby ancestors farmed in Lower Osgoodby for three generations (John Kirby 1798 - 1882, Thomas Kirby 1820 - 1893 and Francis Peacock Kirby (1858 -?). The family moved there from Helmsley sometime between Thomas's birth in 1820 and the 1841 census, and they left after the death of Thomas in about 1895 to far in Huntington.) The house mentioned in the 1891 census is Witham House. (Other censuses just list Lower Osgoodby.) In a trip to Yorkshire last year we went in search of Lower Osgoodby but were unable to find it, or to find Witham House. Can anyone give me a map reference or other information for either the hamlet of Lower Osgoodby or Witham House or its associated farm? ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-NORTH-YORKS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message