Easingwold is a market town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England.

At the time of the Norman conquest, the manor was owned by Earl Morcar, but subsequently passed to the King.

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.

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.

[4] King John had a hunting lodge there and the royal Forest of Galtres once surrounded the area.

[3] Records show that markets have been held in the town since 1221, but were formalised under letters patent from Charles I.

[3][8][9][10] There are 51 Grade II listed buildings in Easingwold, including five mileposts and the telephone kiosk in Back Lane.

[12] In 1908 Lieutenant-General Baden-Powell, the founder of the Scout Movement, visited Easingwold as commander of the Northumbrian division of the newly formed Territorial Force.

[1] After the closure of the Claypenny Hospital, the land was developed into a housing estate with a 34-acre parkland in between called Millfields Park opened in 1999 and now run by the Woodland Trust.

The park is bounded to the west by a hawthorn hedge, to the north by a stock proof fence and by the housing estate around the rest.

Among the tree species planted here are sessile oak, cherry, field maple, ash, birch, rowan, walnut, whitebeam and larch.

[4] Easingwold is served by bus services[19] to nearby villages, towns and the city of York.

[25] St Monica's Community Hospital is part of the York NHS Foundation and is located in Long Street.

[36] Easingwold Town AFC were founded in 1892 and were a founder member of the York League.

[38] The Galtres Centre provides activities including badminton, tennis, netball and gymnastics, and contains an indoor shooting range operated by the local rifle and pistol club.

[39] Easingwold Cricket Club play at Memorial Park on Back Lane, and in the York & District Senior League.

[4] The location has changed several times, with the second building being erected in 1815 with a school added in 1860,[3] and finally finding a home in Chapel Street in 1975.