Selby, Yorkshire Genealogy

England Yorkshire  Yorkshire Parishes, S-Y West Riding  Selby

Parish History
SELBY (St. Mary and St. German), a market-town and parish, and the head of a union, in the Lower division of the wapentake of Barkstone-Ash, W. riding of York, 14½ miles (S. by E.) from York, and 177 (N. by W.) from London; containing 5376 inhabitants. There are places of worship for the Society of Friends, Independents, Wesleyans, and Unitarians; and a Roman Catholic chapel.

From: Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 44-48. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51263 Date accessed: 19 November 2011.

Parish Records
This ancient parish was created before 1813. Church of England records began in 1579.