ABOUT US

Osgodby Village Institute Heritage & History Group (OHHG) was a voluntary group set up in September 2016 to specifically research the history and heritage of Osgodby. In April 2018, the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) awarded grant of £49,500 to deliver a project “A Village with a Heritage Nun Could Guess” . The project title took its name from Mary Ward, foundress and pioneer who lived at Osgodby Hall at the end of the 1500s/early 1600s with her Babthorpe relatives. She founded a religious order, the Congregation of Jesus, and for over 400 years the community of sisters have resided at what is now known as the Bar Convent in York. Sisters from all over the world still visit Osgodby. This website shares the research and work carried out during the Project for everyone to enjoy.

The OHHG, having previously been a formal sub group of the Osgodby Village Institute to deliver the HLF project, decided that when the HLF funded project came to an end on 30 September 2022, they would continue and become a fully constituted group with membership and continue with meetings and research. The Osgodby Heritage and History Group was formally constituted on 10 January 2023.

MEMBERSHIP

The OHHG is open to anyone with an interest in local history and heritage. Copies of the Constitution and memberships forms are available here

If you would like to join, please email osgodbyheritage@gmail.com

OUR MEETINGS

We meet on the second Tuesday of the month at Barlby & Osgodby Methodist Church Hall (rear room) 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm. All welcome. Follow us on Facebook @OHHGroup (Osgodby Heritage & History Group) or email us: osgodbyheritage@gmail.com