Oxton

Places of Interest

Tadcaster Library

Library

Photo: Betty Longbottom, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St John the Baptist’s Church, Kirkby Wharfe

Church

Photo: Paul Glazzard, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St John the Baptist's Church is the parish church of Kirkby Wharfe, a village south-west of Tadcaster, in North Yorkshire, in England. The church was first built in the late 12th century, with the nave and parts of the south door surviving from this period.

Tadcaster Viaduct

Bridge

Photo: BC, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Leeds and York Railway was a proposed railway line, promoted in the mid 1840s, intended to connect York and Leeds. The line lost a significant promoter, the Manchester and Leeds Railway in 1845/6 as a result of a non-competition arrangement between that company and the York and North Midland Railway.

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Tadcaster

Photo: Tim Green, CC BY 2.0.

Tadcaster is a town in North Yorkshire, best known as a centre for brewing. It's about midway between Leeds and York, a commuter town for both, and in 2021 had a population of 5900.

Ulleskelf

Village

Photo: Robert Neilson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ulleskelf is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England, four miles from Tadcaster on the River Wharfe. Its name comes from the Scandinavian personal name Úlfr, while skelf may be an Old English word meaning "a flat area", although it could be from the Old Scandinavian equivalent, 'skialf' as in several other English place names, e.g. Hunshelf, Wadshelf.

Bolton Percy

Village

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Bolton Percy is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 305 in 115 households, reducing marginally to 304 at the 2011 census. Bolton Percy is situated 2 miles southeast of Oxton.

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