   easingwold is a small market town and a civil parish in north yorkshire, england. it has a population of 4,233. it is located about  north of york, at the foot of the howardian hills. it is the focal point for the numerous villages in the area for public services and economic activity. ==history== thumb|left|little lane thumb|left|easingwold's cenotaph thumb|left|the old workhouse the town is mentioned in the domesday book as "eisicewalt" in the bulford hundred. at the time of the norman invavsion, the manor was owned by earl morcar, but subsequently passed to the king. in 1265 the manor was passed to edmund crouchback by his father, henry iii. the manor was caught up in the dispute between the 2nd earl of lancaster and edward i and the manor passed back to the crown following the battle of boroughbridge in 1322 which resulted in the execution of the earl at pontefract. the manor was restored to the earl's brother some six years later, but he left no male heir, so the lands passed to his son-in-law, john of gaunt in 1361. the lands were next granted to his son-in-law, ralph neville. following the war of the roses, the lands were declared forfeit to the crown until 1633, when they were granted to thomas belasyse and subsequently became the possession of the wombwell family. the town is an amalgamation of two smaller villages, uppleby and lessimers. the former being a settlement, or -by of a dane called upple, and the latter being an angle settlement on the lease-mires, meaning leased land frequently waterlogged. the name of easingwold is anglo saxon in origin, with wold being a derivation of wald meaning forest, and the former part being a sax
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