OS grid reference SE718607 Sovereign state United Kingdom Postcode district YO60 District Ryedale | Country England Post town YORK Shire county North Yorkshire UK parliament constituency Thirsk and Malton | |
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Bossall is a village in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England. The Church of St Botolph was built in the 12th century with later alterations and is a Grade I listed building. In 1823 it was recorded that there were only three houses and a population of 31, increasing to 76 by 1842, and that archaeological evidence showed that the village was previously much larger. It is thought to have been devastated by the Black Death in 1349.
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Map of Bossall, York, UK
From the early 1300s until the 1420s the manor was held by Paulinus de Bossall and his descendants, after which time it was owned by the Redman or Redmayne family from whom it was later passed by marriage to the Thwaites. In the 1620s it was sold to William Belt. It was around this time that the Grade II listed Bossall Hall was built. Although Sir Robert Belt was dispossessed following the English Civil War, the family continued to hold the manor until the late 1880s.
Church of St Boltoph
The current church, dedicated to St Botolph, dates from around 1180, though as many as three earlier churches may have occupied the site. One of these is thought to have been built by the late 7th century archbishop Bosa of York, after whom it is said the village is named. The church is cruciform and approximately 94 feet (29 m) in length. The transepts, nave and part of the tower are original, but the chancel was rebuilt in the 13th century and alterations were later made to the upper part of the tower. Monuments include a brass figure commemorating Robert Constable, a former chancellor of Dunelm, who died in the 1540s, and several memorials to members of the Belt family. The Borthwick Institute holds copies of the parish records which date to the early 17th century.