Osbaldeston is the ancient home of the Osbaldeston family which may
be the oldest Lancashire family.
The Osbaldeston family of Lancashire traces its roots back to 1063
AD, during the reign of Edward the Confessor, but it is believed to
be even older. The family lands centred around the fertile River
Ribble which included Osbaldeston, the village which still bears
the family name. The Domesday Survey of 1086 shows Osbaldeston and
Balderstone as one of the twenty eight manors held in 1066 by a
freeman who was probably the ancestor of Ailsi, son of Hugo de
Osbaldeston. The family has a long and distinguished history in the
county with extensive land holdings, status and power base in the
region. For example, in 1387 Thomas Osbaldeston inherited the manor
and estate of Cuerdale, near Walton-le-Dale. Then, prior to the
Battle of Agincourt, in the 15th century, Sir John Osbaldeston was
knighted by King Henry V, and became the lord of Chadlington Manor
in Oxfordshire.
The OBS series is a strange short walk of about 3 miles which
includes the old and traditional and the new and modern sides of
the countryside today. The number 2 kept cropping up on the walk,
There are 2 woods :- Old Park Wood & Mire Wood, 2 halls :-
Oxendale & Showley and 2 riding centers all very different from
each other.
The walk can be very very wet and
muddy so please wear boots or wellies.
Milk Churn Stand
A nice easy start to the series with parking for up to 4 cars very
close by. This platform of brick and concrete was built for farmers
to leave full milk churns, ready for collection by dairies. I
can’t find any information on when the stand was in use, so
I’d be grateful for any additional history of the stand in
you logs.
