{{Short description|Village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2025}} {{Use British English|date=December 2013}} {{Infobox UK place | country = England | static_image_name = College Farm, Acaster Selby.jpg | static_image_caption = College Farm, Acaster Selby | coordinates = {{coord|53|51|55|N|1|07|43|W|display=inline,title}} | official_name = Acaster Selby | population = 56 | population_ref = (2001) | unitary_england = North Yorkshire | lieutenancy_england = North Yorkshire | region = Yorkshire and the Humber | constituency_westminster = Wetherby and Easingwold | post_town = YORK | postcode_district = YO23 | postcode_area = YO | dial_code = | os_grid_reference = SE573414 | london_distance_mi = 165<!-- straight line per MOS – constant and comparable with other place distances --> | london_direction = S }} '''Acaster Selby''' is a village in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It is part of the joint civil parish with Appleton Roebuck (where the population is now included). It is situated about {{convert|6|mi|km|1}} south from York, on the west back of the River Ouse; near the opposite bank is the settlement of Stillingfleet, and {{convert|1.3|mi|km|1}} to the north-west is Appleton Roebuck.

==History== The name is derived from the Latin word for a camp, ''castra'', indicating that the Roman army may once have been based near here. There is no longer any signs of such an encampment which was thought to have provided protection of the waterway to Tadcaster. ''A-'' likely comes from either Old English ''ā'' or Old Norse ''á'', both meaning 'river'. The use of Selby indicates that the lands were brought within the control of Selby Abbey. This was done by Osbert de Arches at the time of the Norman Conquest and confirmed in the reign of Richard I.<ref name="Bulmers"/>

The village is listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as ''Acastre'' in the wapentake of Ainsty in the West Riding of Yorkshire, having 11 households under the lordship of Wulstan, who was replaced by Robert Malet in 1086.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/SE5740/acaster-selby/|title= Domesday Record|accessdate= 13 October 2012|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130526095102/http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/SE5740/acaster-selby/|archive-date= 26 May 2013|url-status= dead}}</ref> From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the Selby District. It is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.

College Farm at Acaster Selby is named after a former college, or a chantry, which was dissolved during the reign of Henry VIII.<ref name="Bulmers"/> The site of the St Andrew's College, {{convert|440|m|ft|order=flip}} to the north-east of the farm, is a scheduled monument and includes extensive earthworks of buildings and a moated enclosure.<ref>{{National Heritage List for England|num=1017457|desc= St Andrew's College and moat, 440m north east of College Farm|accessdate=25 January 2018}}</ref>

==Geography==

The village has an area of {{convert|1,523|acre|km2|1}}.<ref name="Bulmers"/> It lies {{convert|1.3|mi|km}} south-east of Appleton Roebuck.

==Demography== According to the 1881 census the population was 115.<ref name="Bulmers">{{cite book|title=Bulmer's Topography, History and Directory (Private and Commercial) of North Yorkshire 1890 |page=854|date=2002|orig-date=1890 |publisher= S&N Publishing|isbn= 1-86150-299-0}}</ref> The 2001 census showed a population of 56 in 20 households.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.selby.gov.uk/upload/Census-2001.xls |archive-url=https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20110928081724/http%3A//www.selby.gov.uk/upload/Census%2D2001.xls |url-status = dead|archive-date=28 September 2011 |title=Census 2001 |accessdate=13 October 2012 }}</ref>

==Governance== The Parish is part of joint parish with Appleton Roebuck and has one seat on its council.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.selby.gov.uk/parish_main.asp?id=5&menuid=2 |title=Parish Council |accessdate=13 October 2012 |url-status = dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110614105534/http://www.selby.gov.uk/parish_main.asp?id=5&menuid=2 |archivedate=14 June 2011 }}</ref> It is part of the Wetherby and Easingwold UK Parliament constituency. It is part of the Appleton Roebuck and Church Fenton electoral division of North Yorkshire Council.<ref>{{cite web |title=Divisions North Yorkshire Council |url=https://hub.arcgis.com/datasets/8f5f14dd31444be382444981e33414fe_0/explore?location=53.760604,-1.050787,9.84 |access-date=14 October 2023 |website=hub.arcgis.com }}</ref>

==Religion== St John's Church, Acaster Selby dates from 1850. It lies to the south of the village just off Back Lane.<ref name="Bulmers"/> It is a Grade II Listed Building.<ref>{{NHLE|num=1316323|desc=Church of St John|accessdate=25 January 2018}}</ref>

==See also== *Listed buildings in Acaster Selby

==Gallery==

{{Gallery | title = Views of Acaster Selby | width = 160 | height = 140 |File:Acaster Selby, St John The Evangelist, another shot. - geograph.org.uk - 229553.jpg|St John The Evangelist Church, Acaster Selby |File:River Ouse, Acaster Selby - geograph.org.uk - 200093.jpg|River Ouse, Acaster Selby }}

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==External links== * {{Commons category-inline}} * {{OpenDomesday|SE5740|acaster-selby|Acaster &#91;Selby&#93;}}

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