Selby was a rural district in the

West Riding of Yorkshire The West Riding of Yorkshire is one of three historic subdivisions of Yorkshire, England. From 1889 to 1974 the administrative county County of York, West Riding (the area under the control of West Riding County Council), abbreviated County ...

from 1894 to 1974. It was formed under the

Local Government Act 1894 The Local Government Act 1894 (56 & 57 Vict. c. 73) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that reformed local government in England and Wales outside the County of London. The Act followed the reforms carried out at county level un ...

from that part of the

Selby Selby is a market town and civil parish in the Selby District of North Yorkshire, England, south of York on the River Ouse, with a population at the 2011 census of 14,731. The town was historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire until ...

rural sanitary district Sanitary districts were established in England and Wales in 1872 and in Ireland in 1878. The districts were of two types, based on existing structures: *Urban sanitary districts in towns with existing local government bodies *Rural sanitary dis ...

which was in the West Riding (the East Riding parts going on to form the Riccal Rural District). It remained largely unchanged, although it lost the parishes of Biggin and Little Fenton to

Tadcaster Rural District {{coord, 53.883, -1.264, display=title, region:GB_scale:50000 Tadcaster Rural District was a rural district in the West Riding of Yorkshire from 1894 to 1974. It was named after Tadcaster. It was created by the Local Government Act 1894 from the ...

on 1 April 1937. It was abolished in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, going to form part of an enlarged district of Selby, 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 ...

References

{{reflist History of North Yorkshire Districts of England abolished by the Local Government Act 1972 Districts of England created by the Local Government Act 1894 Rural districts of the West Riding of Yorkshire Selby District