Place:Barlby, East Riding of Yorkshire, England

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Barlby is a linear village now located in North Yorkshire, England. It is situated 2 miles (3 km) 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 with which, since 1974, it has formed the civil parish of Barlby with Osgodby.

From 1894 until 1935, Barlby was located in Riccal Rural District. In 1935 the Ricall Rural District was abolished and its place was taken by Derwent Rural District which administered the local area until the nationwide municipal reorganization of 1974. Since 1974, Barlby has been in the Selby District of North Yorkshire.

Historically, Barlby was in the ecclesiastical parish of Hemingbrough in the wapentake of Ouse and Derwent.

For more information, see the EN Wikipedia article Barlby.

Research Tips

• GENUKI on Barlby. The GENUKI page gives numerous references to local bodies providing genealogical assistance.
• The FamilySearch wiki on the ecclesiastical parish of Hemingbrough provides a list of useful resources for the local area.
• British History Online has an article from the Victoria County Histories on Barlby
• A Vision of Britain through Time on Barlby.
• A Vision of Britain through Time provides links to three maps of the East Riding, produced by the United Kingdom Ordnance Survey, illustrating the boundaries between the civil parishes and the rural districts at various dates. These maps all expand to a scale that will illustrate small villages and large farms or estates.

• Ordnance Survey 1888. The "Sanitary Districts (which preceded the rural districts).
• Ordnance Survey 1900 The rural districts, not long after their introduction.
• Ordnance Survey 1944. The rural districts after the revisions of 1935.