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Osbaldeston (surname)

Osbaldeston is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

  • Edward Osbaldeston, (c. 1560 – 1594), Catholic martyr
  • George Osbaldeston, (1786–1866), cricketer
  • Gordon Osbaldeston, (born 1930), former Canadian civil servant
  • Richard Osbaldeston, (1691–1764), Bishop of London
Osbaldeston

Osbaldeston is a village and civil parish at in Lancashire, England about northwest of Blackburn and east of Preston. The population of the civil parish as taken at the 2011 census was 185.

Osbaldeston is on the A59 road and lies on the south bank of the River Ribble opposite Ribchester. There is no Anglican place of worship but the Roman Catholic Church of St. Mary is at in Longsight Road. The hamlet 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.