Selby District

For other uses, see Selby (disambiguation).

Coordinates: 53°46′37″N 1°04′44″W / 53.777°N 1.079°W

Selby District
District

Coat of Arms

Shown within North Yorkshire
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Constituent country England
Region Yorkshire and the Humber
Shire county North Yorkshire
Admin. HQ Selby
Government
  Type Selby District Council
  Leadership: Alternative - Sec.31
  Executive: Conservative
  MPs: Nigel Adams
Area
  Total 231.4 sq mi (599.3 km2)
Area rank 70th
Population (2011 est.)
  Total 83,500
  Rank Ranked 279th
  Density 360/sq mi (140/km2)
Time zone Greenwich Mean Time (UTC+0)
  Summer (DST) British Summer Time (UTC+1)
ONS code 36UH (ONS)
E07000169 (GSS)
Ethnicity 92.3% White
Website selby.gov.uk

Selby is a local government district of North Yorkshire, England. The local authority, Selby District Council, is based in the town of Selby and provides services to an area which includes Tadcaster and a host of villages.

The district was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of Selby Urban District, Selby Rural District and parts of Derwent Rural District, Hemsworth Rural District, Osgoldcross Rural District and Tadcaster Rural District. Of them, Derwent Rural District was in the historic East Riding of Yorkshire, but the rest were in the West Riding of Yorkshire.

On 1 April 1996, the parishes of Acaster Malbis, Askham Bryan, Askham Richard, Bishopthorpe, Copmanthorpe, Deighton, Dunnington, Elvington, Fulford, Heslington, Kexby, Naburn and Wheldrake were all transferred from the district to form part of the new City of York unitary authority. According to the 2001 census, those parishes had a population of 22,873.

Selby is twinned with Carentan in France and Filderstadt in Germany.

Towns and villages

Settlements in the district of Selby include:

Barlby, Barlow, Bilbrough, Burn, Brayton
Camblesforth, Carlton, Cawood, Church Fenton, Cliffe
Drax
Eggborough, Escrick
Gateforth
Haddlesey, Hambleton, Hemingbrough, Hensall, Hillam
Kellington, Kirk Smeaton
Lumby
Monk Fryston
North Duffield
Osgodby
Riccall
Selby, Sherburn-in-Elmet, South Milford
Tadcaster, Thorganby, Thorpe Willoughby
Ulleskelf
Wistow

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