Barkston Ash
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Coordinates: 53°49′09″N 1°15′16″W / 53.819220°N 1.254460°W
| Barkston Ash | |
  Barkston Ash Barkston Ash shown within North Yorkshire | |
| OS grid reference | SE491361 |
|---|---|
| Civil parish | Barkston Ash |
| District | Selby |
| Shire county | North Yorkshire |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | TADCASTER |
| Postcode district | LS24 |
| Police | North Yorkshire |
| Fire | North Yorkshire |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
| EU Parliament | Yorkshire and the Humber |
Barkston Ash is a small village and civil parish close to Selby in North Yorkshire, England. Until recently it was officially called Barkston. A local legend has it that the ash tree which stands in the centre of the village and gives it its name also marks the exact centre of Yorkshire, and that anyone who spits at this tree will come to a bad end.
Church of the Holy Trinity, Barkston Ash
The Barkston Ash wapentake was named after the village. Barkston Ash was also the name of the local parliamentary constituency of Barkston Ash up until 1983, when its boundaries were redrawn to divide the area into Elmet and Selby. The Barkston Ash constituency was traditionally a safe Conservative seat, though both successive constituencies elected Labour MPs in 1997.
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- The Ancient Parish of Sherburn in Elmet at GENUKI: Barkston Ash was in this parish
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