Bossall

{{Short description|Village in North Yorkshire, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}

{{Use British English|date=March 2020}}

{{Infobox UK place

| country = England

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| official_name = Bossall

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| unitary_england = North Yorkshire

| lieutenancy_england = North Yorkshire

| region = Yorkshire and the Humber

| constituency_westminster = Thirsk and Malton

| post_town = YORK

| postcode_district = YO60

| postcode_area = YO

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| os_grid_reference = SE718607

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Bossall is a hamlet in North Yorkshire, England with fewer than 100 residents.

The village was part of the Ryedale district between 1974 and 2023. It is now administered by North Yorkshire Council.

The Church of St Botolph was built in the 12th century with later alterations and is a Grade I listed building.{{NHLE|num=1315746 |desc=Church of St Botolph |access-date=9 October 2016}} The term Bosall was drawn from the name of 7th-century bishop Bosa of York who was said to have built a church here.{{cite web| url=https://www.countrylife.co.uk/property/a-grand-10000sq-ft-hall-in-yorkshire-with-moat-and-a-secret-garden-219502 |title=A grand, 10,000sq ft hall in Yorkshire with moat, and a secret garden |work=Country Life |access-date=24 October 2020}} In 1807 a hoard of Viking silver coins and objects was discovered between Bossall and Flaxton (the Bossall-Flaxton hoard).

The community is mentioned in the Domesday Book as Boscele and as Bosciale in the hundred of Bulford; at that time, the property was held by "Hugh, son of Baldric" or Hugh fitzBaldric{{cite book |last=Dalton |first=Paul |date=20 June 2002 |title=Conquest, Anarchy and Lordship: Yorkshire, 1066-1154 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Nog9_GJqFZQC&q=Hugh+fitz+Baldric+bossall&pg=PA38 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |page=38 |isbn=0521524644}} and included a church. In 1086, there were 19 residents in approximately 6.9 households, in addition to a priest. This property produced an annual income of "3 pounds in 1086; 2 pounds 10 shillings in 1066".{{cite journal| url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00681288.1930.11894451 |title=The Church of St. Botolph, Bossall, N. R. Yorkshire |journal=Journal of the British Archaeological Association |year=1930 |doi=10.1080/00681288.1930.11894451 |access-date=24 October 2020|last1=Walker |first1=J. W. |volume=35 |issue=2 |pages=247–263 |url-access=subscription }}{{cite web| url=https://opendomesday.org/place/SE7160/bossall/ |title=Land of Hugh son of Baldric |work=Open Domesday |access-date=24 October 2020}}

Records from 1823 indicate that there were only three houses and a population of 31, increasing to 76 by 1842; archaeological evidence showed that the village was previously much larger.{{cite web| url=https://archive.org/details/historydirector02baingoog |last=Baines |first=Edward |author-link=Edward Baines (1774–1848) |title=History, directory & gazetteer of the county of York... (Vol. II - East and North Ridings)| location=Leeds |publisher=Edward Baines at the Leeds Mercury office |year=1823 |page=416 |access-date=9 October 2016}}{{cite book| last1=Lawton |first1=George |last2=Ducarel |first2=Andrew Coltee |title=Collectio Rerum Ecclesiasticarum de Diœcesi Eboracensi... |publisher=J. G. and F. Rivington, 1842 |date=1842 |page=[https://archive.org/details/collectiorerume00ducagoog/page/n477 424] |url=https://archive.org/details/collectiorerume00ducagoog |access-date=14 October 2016}} It is thought to have been devastated by the Black Death in 1349.{{cite book| last=Nixon |first=Mark D. |title=The Grass Really Was Greener |date=13 April 2015 |publisher=Lulu.com |pages=16–17 |isbn=9781329244061 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5Nm4CgAAQBAJ |access-date=14 October 2016 }} Centuries ago, the community included a quadrangular castle built in the 1300s by Paulinus de Bossall which was replaced by the current manor built in the 17th century; stone from the original castle walls was used in that project. By 1923, there was no village per-se here, "the church having in close proximity only the rectory, a modern building, and Bossall Hall".{{cite web|url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/yorks/north/vol2/pp91-98 |title=Pages 91-98 in A History of the County of York North Riding: Volume 2, ed. William Page |work=British History Online |access-date=24 October 2020}}