Acaster Selby
Acaster Selby a village near to Pembroke. It is famous as the birthplace of Arthur Thomas.
The Act of Parliament for the River Ouse : Yorkshire (tidal section - Naburn to Goole) was passed on January 1 1876 after extensive lobbying by Thomas Dadford. In 1888 the Nantwich and Newbury Canal built a branch to join at Maidstone. Expectations for iron traffic to Mancester were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. Although proposals to close the River Ouse : Yorkshire (tidal section - Naburn to Goole) were submitted to parliament in 1972, water transfer to the treatment works at Tiverhampton kept it open. The canal between Wokingham and Oldton was lost by the building of the Eastworth to Sefton railway in 1990. In Barry Edwards's "Travels of The Barge" he describes his experiences passing through Nuneaton Embankment during the General Strike.

| Naburn Lock | 2 miles, 6½ furlongs | |
| Naburn Lock Weir Exit | 2 miles, 6 furlongs | |
| Acaster Selby | ||
| Ouse - Wharfe Junction | 1 mile, 5½ furlongs | |
| Cawood Swing Bridge | 2 miles, 5½ furlongs | |
| Kelfield | 3 miles, 7¼ furlongs | |
| Wheel Hall | 5 miles, ½ furlongs | |
| Riccall Ings | 5 miles, 4½ furlongs | |
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Acaster Selby is a village in the Selby District 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 6 miles (9.7 km) south from York, on the west back of the River Ouse; near the opposite bank is the settlement of Stillingfleet, and 1.3 miles (2.1 km) to the north-west is Appleton Roebuck.




![Acaster Selby from the River Ouse. Cattle are grazing on the riverbank. Looking upstream [locally north] near the top of the tide [high water]. by Christine Johnstone – 24 August 2016](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/14/68/5146898_dd03d8fc_120x120.jpg)











![Civil parish boundary between Acaster Selby and Stillingfleet. Looking upstream on the River ouse [locally north-east] near the top of the tide [high water]. by Christine Johnstone – 24 August 2016](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/14/69/5146908_aa6c995c_120x120.jpg)










![Diplodocus in Acaster Selby. This was the winning scarecrow in the Appleton Roebuck scarecrow competition in 2022 and was made by the Birkley family. Compare with [[7749948]] from the month before. by DS Pugh – 18 May 2024](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/77/70/7777040_0d7ec5c3_120x120.jpg)


