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Barlby
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Barlby is a village in the civil parish of Barlby with Osgodby, in North Yorkshire, England. It lies on the east bank of the River Ouse, opposite Selby, within the Vale of York, a flat and low-lying landscape shaped by rivers and arable farming. Since 1 April 2023 the area has been administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.
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- Locality
- Barlby
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 3,860
- Timezone
- Europe/London
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- Geography and environment
- History
- Origins and name
- Medieval township and parish
- Eighteenth century church and village focus
- Military and wartime
- Riverside mills and food manufacturing
- Railways
- Administrative changes and recent events
- Governance
- Demography
- Economy
- Transport
- Landmarks and heritage
- Education
- Flooding
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Barlby is a village in the civil parish of Barlby with Osgodby, in North Yorkshire, England. It lies on the east bank of the River Ouse, opposite Selby, within the Vale of York, a flat and low-lying landscape shaped by rivers and arable farming. Since 1 April 2023 the area has been administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.
Barlby was recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086. The parish contains several listed buildings, including All Saints’ Church and Barlby Hall, and it also includes the Selby Railway Swing Bridge and the former War Department munitions depot at Magazine Farm. The village and surrounding area experienced major flooding in November 2000 during widespread floods on the lower Ouse.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Barlby” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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