The parish of Oswaldkirk is named after the church dedicated to the Anglo-Saxon King Oswald, the parish is made up of two townships, Oswaldkirk and Newton Grange. The township of Oswaldkirk is a village situated on the south facing bank of the Hambleton Hills overlooking the Coxwold-Gilling Gap and beyond to the Howardian Hills. Newton Grange is situated on higher land to the north east and consists of four farmsteads, Newton Grange, West Newton Grange, Golden Square Farm and Bank Top Farm.
The first recorded reference to Oswaldkirk is in the Domesday Book in which it is referred to as Oswaldecherca or Oswaldecherce
It is not clear at what time Newton Grange Township became part of the parish of Oswaldkirk. In 1639 Sir Henry Cholmley purchased the whole of Newton Grange Township and set about an ambitious building programme. In addition to a manor house, a chapel was built in a nearby field. In 1706 the estate passed into the hands of Sir Charles Duncombe who set about restoring the house to become his main residence, however his successor in 1713 promptly abandoned the plan and Duncombe Park was built instead. The Duncombes continued to own Newton Grange, restoring the chapel in 1765.
The chapel stopped being used for public worship around 1820 and by 1859 was little more than a barn. In 1879 it was decided to move the chapel. It was then moved stone by stone to its present position beside the Helmsley road in Sproxton. The chapel is part of the Church Mirco series of caches GC1ZJVT.
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