Barlby

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Barlby

Coordinates: 53.7847° N 1.0689° W
OS grid reference	SE631342
District	Selby
Shire county	North Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	SELBY
Postcode district	YO8
Dial code	01757
Police	North Yorkshire
Fire	North Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
UK Parliament	Selby
European Parliament	Yorkshire and the Humber
List of places: UK • England • Yorkshire

Barlby is a linear village in North Yorkshire, England. It lies to the north-east of the market town of Selby, and is bordered to the west by the River Ouse and to the east by the A19 Barlby bypass. Across the bypass is Barlby's smaller sister village, Osgodby.

Seen from the air, Barlby is long and thin, roughly three miles in length, and runs along the old route of the A19. Although it is classified as a single village, it consists of two distinct areas, Barlby Hilltop, at the north end of the village, and Barlby Bridge which lies slightly to the south west. The building of new estates in recent years has meant, however, that the division between them has blurred somewhat.

Barlby Hilltop, contains Hilltop Primary School, the Post Office, a library, the Craig Bonner memorial centre, the late nineteenth century church, and Barlby High School, which also serves students from the surrounding villages of Osgodby, Riccall, Kelfield, Escrick, Cliffe, North Duffield, South Duffield, Hemingbrough and Bubwith. Despite its name, it is not really on much of a hill, but is slightly higher than Barlby Bridge.

A brief stretch of road separates 'Hilltop' from 'Bridge', which takes its name from the old toll bridge at the southernmost end of the village. This is the boundary with Selby, and in fact Barlby Bridge is practically a suburb of the town - it is much closer to Selby than it is to the Hilltop end of the village. Barlby Bridge also has a primary school, as well as two of the village's major employers, BOCM Pauls, which produces animal feed, and Hazelwoods Foods.

Traditionally, Barlby's population was split between the coal mining and farming communities, but with the closure of many mines and the changes in the agricultural sector, the professions of 'Barlbarians' are now far more diverse.

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Situated as it is in the Vale of York, the village is vulnerable to flooding, and was particularly badly hit in November 2000, when about half of it was submerged. However, the Environment Agency has commenced work to substantially upgrade the flood defences in the area.

Barlby has never produced anyone of major fame. However, Russell Howarth, who attended the high school in the mid-90s, was a youth international for the England football team, and currently plays for Bradford City.