found: Wikipedia, viewed 26 July 2022(Selby; market town and civil parish in the Selby District of North Yorkshire, England, 14 miles (22.5 km) south of York on the River Ouse; the town was historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire until 1974; the Selby Canal links the River Ouse at Selby to the River Aire at Haddlesey; at the lowest level of governance is Selby Town Council; at district level the town is part of the Selby District Council area; Selby District was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of Selby Urban District, Selby Rural District and parts of Derwent Rural District, Hemsworth Rural District, Osgoldcross Rural District and Tadcaster Rural District: of them, Derwent Rural District was in the historic East Riding of Yorkshire, while the rest were in the West Riding of Yorkshire)