Place:Selby District, North Yorkshire, England

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NameSelby District
Alt namesSelby (district)source: from redirect
TypeDistrict municipality
Coordinates53.777°N 1.079°W
Located inNorth Yorkshire, England     (1974 - )
Also located inYorkshire, England    
See alsoSelby, West Riding of Yorkshire, Englandurban district making up Selby District
Selby Rural, West Riding of Yorkshire, Englandrural district making up Selby District
Hemsworth Rural, West Riding of Yorkshire, Englandrural district making up Selby District
Osgoldcross Rural, West Riding of Yorkshire, Englandrural district making up Selby District
Tadcaster Rural, West Riding of Yorkshire, Englandrural district making up Selby District
Derwent Rural, East Riding of Yorkshire, England|rural district making up Selby District
NOTE: In common parlance, the Selby District is spoken of as "Selby" or the "Borough of Selby". In order to differentiate Yorkshire local government districts formed in 1974 from other types of districts employed earlier in the county and from smaller places still in existence, here in WeRelate the word "District" has been added to all modern govenment districts outside a metropolitan borough.


Selby District Council is a district municipality in North Yorkshire, England. It is based in the town of Selby and provides services to an area which includes Tadcaster and a host of villages. It is the southernmost of the district municipalities in North Yorkshire. Until 1974 the major part of this area (excepting Derwent Rural District) were in the West Riding of Yorkshire.

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The district was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of

Of these, Derwent Rural District was in the historic (pre-1974) East Riding of Yorkshire, but the rest were in the West Riding of Yorkshire.

On 1 April 1996, the following parishes were transferred from Selby District to form part of the new City of York unitary authority.

It has been announced that all the administrative districts of North Yorkshire will be abolished in 2023 when the whole of North Yorkshire becomes a single unitary authority. This will exclude the list of parishes immediately above.

Research Tips

  • British History Online (Victoria County Histories) do not cover the West Riding of Yorkshire
  • GENUKI has a page on all three ridings of Yorkshire and pages for each of the ecclesiastical parishes in the county. Under each parish there is a list of the settlements within it and brief description of each. The list is based on a gazetteer dated 1835 and there may have been a number of alterations to the parish setup since then. However, it is worthwhile information for the pre civil registration era. GENUKI provides references to other organizations who hold genealogical information for the local area. There is no guarantee that the website has been kept up to date and the submitter is very firm about his copyright. This should not stop anyone from reading the material.
  • The FamilyTree Wiki has a series of pages similar to those provided by GENUKI which may have been prepared at a later date from more recent data. The wiki has a link to English Jurisdictions 1851 which gives the registration district and wapentake for each parish, together with statistics from the 1851 census for the area.
  • A Vision of Britain through Time, Yorkshire West Riding, section "Units and Statistics" leads to analyses of population and organization of the county from about 1800 through 1974. There are pages available for all civil parishes, municipal boroughs and other administrative divisions. Descriptions provided are usually based on a gazetteer of 1870-72.
  • The above three maps indicate the boundaries between parishes, etc., but for a more detailed view of a specific area try a map from this selection. The oldest series are very clear at the third magnification offered. Comparing the map details with the GENUKI details for the same area is well worthwhile.
  • Yorkshire has a large number of family history and genealogical societies. A list of the societies will be found on the Yorkshire, England page.
  • In March 2018 Ancestry announced that its file entitled "Yorkshire, England: Church of England Parish Records, 1538-1873" has been expanded to include another 94 parishes (across the three ridings) and expected it to be expanded further during the year. The entries are taken from previously printed parish registers.
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