Kirkby Wharfe is a village south of
Tadcaster, in
North Yorkshire
North Yorkshire is the largest ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county (lieutenancy area) in England, covering an area of . Around 40% of the county is covered by National parks of the United Kingdom, national parks, including most of ...
, England. The village is in the
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...
of
Kirkby Wharfe with North Milford and within Selby District Council.
The area around Kirkby Wharfe was settled in Roman times, with a permanent settlement being started in the 8th century. The village is recorded in the
Domesday Book
Domesday Book () – the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book" – is a manuscript record of the "Great Survey" of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 by order of King William I, known as William the Conqueror. The manus ...
as being ''Chirchebi'' (church village), and both the village and
Grimston Park came under the influence of the Baron of Pontefract at the time of Domesday.
The village is only away from
Ulleskelf which has a railway station on the
York to Pontefract Line. Buses operate school services from the village into nearby Tadcaster, but the nearest public bus service runs from Ulleskelf with 5 buses a day between Tadcaster and Pontefract.
The area north east of the village is a designated
SSSI. First notified in 1984, the SSSI details that the floodplain of the
River Wharfe
The River Wharfe ( ) is a river in Yorkshire, England originating within the Yorkshire Dales National Park. For much of its middle course it is the county boundary between West Yorkshire and North Yorkshire. Its valley is known as Wharfedale.
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is an important site for marshland and the associated plants that grow on marshland around Dorts Dike (a tributary of the Wharfe that enters the river at Ulleskelf).
The church, much of which was built in the 14th century, serves as the parish church for the Ecclesiastical Parish of Kirkby Wharfe and Ulleskelfe
ic St Saviours at Ulleskelf village is a
Chapel of Ease.
West of the village is
Grimston Park Estate and was the former seat of Lord Londesborough. The estate buildings have been converted into luxury accommodation.
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Villages in North Yorkshire
Selby District