The modern Low Osgoodby Grange is at gr 486802; High Osgoodby Grange is at gr 494803. Just above this farm is White Houses, which may have been entered in the census as Whitham. Paddy Buckley ----- Original Message ----- From: Laurie Kirby (aka Laurie Keller) To: eng-north-yorks@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2007 11:31 AM 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 -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.17.4/1189 - Release Date: 18/12/07 21:40