Selby District
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ONS code | 36UH (ONS) E07000169 (GSS) |
Ethnicity | 92.3% White |
Website | selby.gov.uk |
Selby District was a local government district of North Yorkshire, England, from 1974 to 2023. Its council was based in the town of Selby. The district had a population of 83,449 at the 2011 Census.[1] The southernmost district of North Yorkshire, it bordered the City of York unitary authority, the Borough of Harrogate in North Yorkshire, the City of Leeds and City of Wakefield districts in West Yorkshire, the City of Doncaster in South Yorkshire, and the ceremonial county of the East Riding of Yorkshire.
History
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, while the rest were in the West Riding of Yorkshire.
On 1 April 1996, the parishes of
Towns and villages
Settlements in the district of Selby included:
- Balne, Barlby, Barlow, Biggin, Bilbrough, Bolton Percy, Burn, Burton Salmon, Brayton, Brotherton
- Camblesforth, Carlton, Cawood, Church Fenton, Cliffe, Chapel Haddlesey, Cridling Stubbs
- Drax
- Eggborough, Escrick
- Fairburn
- Gateforth
- Hambleton, Hemingbrough, Hensall, Hillam, Hirst Courtney
- Kelfield, Kellington, Kirk Smeaton
- Lumby
- Monk Fryston
- Newthorpe, North Duffield
- Osgodby
- Riccall
- Selby, Sherburn in Elmet, Skipwith, Stutton, South Milford, Stillingfleet
- Tadcaster, Temple Hirst, Thorganby, Thorpe Willoughby, Towton
- Ulleskelf
- Walden Stubbs, West Haddlesey, Whitley, Wistow, Womersley
Council
In the final elections to the council in 2019, the Conservative Party held a majority on the council, with Labour in opposition.[2]
Abolition
In July 2021 the
See also
References
- Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
- ^ "Council structure". Selby District Council. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
- ^ "Next steps for new unitary councils in Cumbria, North Yorkshire and Somerset". gov.uk. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
- North Yorkshire County Council. Retrieved 20 December 2021.