Selby Town North Yorkshire England amazing walk in Market Town, Selby Abbey #gimbalwalkwithme

Selby is a market town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England; it is located 12 miles (19.3 km) south of York on the River Ouse. In the 2021 UK Census, it had a population recorded at 19,760. The town was historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire; from 1974 until 2023, the town was the administrative centre of the Selby District. Selby once had a large shipbuilding industry and was an important port on the Selby Canal, which brought trade from Leeds. The town's origins date from the establishment of a Viking settlement on the banks of the River Ouse. Archaeological investigations in Selby have revealed extensive remains, including waterlogged deposits in the core of the town dating from the Roman period onwards. It is believed that Selby originated as a settlement called Seletun, which was referred to in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle of AD 779. The place name 'Selby' is first attested in a Yorkshire charter c. 1030, where it appears as Seleby. It appears as Selbi c. 1050. The name is thought to be a Scandinavian form of Seletun, meaning 'sallow tree settlement' Selby Abbey is one of the largest parish churches in Britain and is larger than several cathedrals. There are various other Christian churches in the town that offer community and differing styles of worship: King's Church,St Mary's Roman Catholic Church,Portholme Methodist / URC Church, and St James' Church. Edge Community was founded in 2009 for the Flaxley Road community, and The Salvation Army opened The Church at the Crossroads on the Abbotts Road estate in 2015. Brayton has St Wilfrid's Anglican Church and the Methodist Chapel and All Saints' Church is in Barlby.Thorpe Willoughby has St Francis Church. Selby Churches Together set up and run the Selby and District Food Bank. Selby Abbey Monastic history The Nave The church is one of the relatively few surviving abbey churches of the medieval period, and, although not a cathedral, is one of the biggest. It was founded by Benedict of Auxerrein 1069 and subsequently built by the de Lacy family. On 31 May 1256, the abbey was bestowed with the grant of a mitre by Pope Alexander IV and from this date was a "Mitred Abbey". This privilege fell into abeyance a number of times, but on 11 April 1308, Archbishop William Greenfield confirmed the grant, and Selby remained a "Mitred Abbey" until the Dissolution of the Monasteries. Archbishop Walter Giffard visited the monastery in 1275 by commission, and several monks and the abbot were charged with a list of faults including loose living: many complaints referred to misconduct with married women. In 1279 Archbishop William de Wickwane made a visitation, and found fault with the abbot as he did not observe the Rule of Saint Benedict, was not singing mass, preaching or teaching, and was seldom attending chapter. Things had not improved much in 1306 when Archbishop William Greenfield visited, and similar visitations in later years resulted in similar findings. The community rebuilt the choir in the early 14th century, but in 1340 a fire destroyed the chapter house, dormitory, treasury and part of the church. The damage was repaired and the decorated windows in the south aisle of the nave were installed. In 1380–1 there were the abbot and twenty-five monks. In 1393 Pope Boniface IX granted an indulgence to pilgrims who contributed to the conservation of the chapel of the Holy Cross in the abbey. The 15th century saw more alterations to the abbey. The perpendicular windows in the north transept and at the west end of the nave were added, and the sedilia in the sanctuary were added. One of the final additions was the Latham Chapel, dedicated to St Catherine, east of the north transept, in 1465. In the Valor Ecclesiasticus of 1535 the abbey was valued at £719 2s. 6¼d (equivalent to £467,000 in 2021).The abbey surrendered on 6 December 1539. The community comprised the abbot and 23 monks. The abbot was pensioned off on £100 a year (equivalent to £71,000 in 2021) the prior got £8 and the others between £6 6s. 8d. (ten marks) and £5 each. ► LIKE AND SUBSCRIBE! Subscribe to our channel here 👉🏻 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyXs... ► Gimbal Come with me on social media Facebook group 👉🏻   / 78364.  . Twitter 👉🏻   / jarosla12154508   Instagram 👉🏻   / moje_podroz.  . Youtube 👉🏻 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyXs... If you like this video, please click thumbs up and subscribe so you don't miss any more videos. The film is my idea and production. Unauthorized use is prohibited The video is copyrighted and belongs to the Gimabal Walk With Me website #gimbalwalkwithme