Riccal Rural District

Riccall railway station was a railway station which served the village of Riccall, north of Selby, on the East Coast Main Line. It was opened in 1871, closed to passengers in 1958 and then closed to goods services in 1964; the station building is now a private dwelling. In 1983 the Selby Diversion was opened which led to the closure of the railway line through Riccall; the former trackbed is now the route of the A19 around the village.

Riccall is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, lying 3.5 miles (6 km) to the north of Selby and 9 miles (14 km) south of York. Riccall is noted for being the place where Harold Hardrada's force of invaders landed in 1066, just before the Battle of Stamford Bridge. In the Second World War, an RAF base was built north of the village, and between the late 1970s and the early 2000s, coal was mined from beneath the village as Riccall Mine, part of the Selby Coalfield. According to the 2011 census the parish had a total population of 2,332.

St Mary's Church is the parish church of Riccall, a village north of Selby in North Yorkshire, England. The oldest part of the church are the three western bays of the nave, which date from the mid- or late-12th century. The tower was built around the end of that century, then in the early 13th century, arcades were added, followed in the late 13th century by the chancel and north chapel. The chancel was repaired some time after 1472, when a south chapel was added. Between then and the English Reformation, the nave was heightened, a rood loft added, the aisles were widened, and a porch was built.Between 1862 and 1877, the church was heavily restored by John Loughborough Pearson. He rebuilt the tower and heightened it, constructed a new east window, roofs and porch, and rebuilt parts of other walls. In 1966, the church was grade I listed. The church is built of Magnesian Limestone and has a Welsh slate roof. The tower is at the west end and has two stages, while the nave is of five bays, with aisles, and the chancel has two bays. Some windows on the north side are Perpendicular, but most date from the 19th century.The church's most noted feature is the south doorway, built in the 1150s and reset twice, most recently in the 15th century. It has three orders of arches and its voussoirs are decorated with a variety of Biblical, mythological and everyday scenes. Some designs have been held to have a Viking influence. Inside, there are remains of a brass dedicated to Maud and Robert Kelsey, dating from about 1500, two Baroque wall tablets, and a coat of arms of George III of England, painted in 1792. There is also a 17th-century communion rail.

RAF Riccall is a former Royal Air Force airfield located 3.1 miles (5 km) north east of Selby, North Yorkshire and 7.9 miles (12.7 km) south west of Elvington, North Yorkshire, England.

Heronby is a proposed development village close to Escrick, in North Yorkshire, England. The plans detail a village of between 3,500 and 3,800 houses with a shopping area, clustered around an ancient woodland. The development has been criticised for its lack of transport, the effect on the ancient woodland, and the population numbers living there, which objectors state would make it a town, not a village.

Garden Temple, also known as Escrick Park Temple, is a temple and folly in Escrick, North Yorkshire, England. The temple is listed as a grade II building under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 because of its historical or architectural significance.

Barlby High School is a mixed secondary school located in Barlby, North Yorkshire, England. The school opened in 1960.Previously a community school administered by North Yorkshire County Council, in September 2017 Barlby High School converted to academy status and is now sponsored by the Hope Sentamu Learning Trust. The school offers GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils.

Escrick railway station served the village of Escrick, North Yorkshire, England from 1871 to 1961 on the East Coast Main Line.

Established in 1901, Queen Margaret's (QM) is an independent boarding and day school for girls aged 11-18 set in 75 acres of parkland, six miles south of York. The Good Schools Guide says "QM is small but perfectly formed and has everything you could wish for." In 2023 QM won the award of Small Independent School of the Year.

Barlby is a linear village in the civil parish of Barlby with Osgodby, in North Yorkshire, England. It is situated 2 miles (3 km) to the north-east of the market town of Selby, and is bordered to the west by the River Ouse and to the east by the A19 Barlby bypass. Across the bypass is Barlby's smaller sister village, Osgodby.

All Saints' Church is the parish church of Barlby, a village in North Yorkshire in England. A chapel was constructed in Barlby by 1481, dependent on St Mary the Virgin, Hemingbrough. By the late 18th century, the chapel was in ruins, and it was demolished. A replacement church was built between 1779 and 1780, a rectangular structure with an apse at the east end, an octagonal bellcote, and a vestry on the north side. A gallery at the west end was added in 1811, followed in the 1840s by two projections on the north side to house additional pews. The vestry was rebuilt in 1866. The church was rebuilt and extended in 1895, when it was given its own parish. The northern extensions were removed, and a chancel, porch and new vestry added. The interior was entirely reconstructed, and the gallery was removed. The church was Grade II listed in 1986. The church is built of brick, and has a two-level roof of pantiles and stone slates. There is a three-bay nave and a two-bay chancel. The windows have round heads, and that at the east end has 19th-century stained glass. The octagonal wooden bellcote survives, and the chancel has a brick bell turret.

Escrick is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It was in the historic East Riding of Yorkshire, but since 1974 has come under North Yorkshire. It is approximately equidistant between Selby and York on what is now the A19 road.