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• Account Rolls of the Abbey, Extracts from (2)
• Alexander, Abbat, of Selby,
• Aslakeby, Wm.,
• Arms of Selby, (2)
• Aske, Robert,
  • Letter of,
• Abbey Gateway,
• Aire and Calder Canal,
• Abbey Church, description,
  • Stained Glass Windows,
  • Fall and Re building of Tower,
  • Subscribers to ,
  • the Organ,
  • bells,
  • Restorations,
  • National Schools,
  • Arms in,
  • Epitaphs,
• Audus, John, Epitaph,
  • Memoir,
  • James,
• Audus' Charity,
• Archer, John, epitaph on,
• Arms in Brayton Church,
• Benedict Abbat, of Selby,
• Barwic, John, ,
• Building of Selby Church,
  • a Castle in Selby,
• Beckwith, Leonard,
  • Roger,
• Battle at Selby,
• Bellasis, Sir John,
• Barwick, Wm., Trial of,
• Bell's Gift,
• Blue Coat School,
• Birdsall, Rev. -
• Bovel, Mr.,
• Barnby, Thomas, Epitaph on,
• Beverley, Thomas, (2)
  • Family of,
• Bateman, Joseph
• Burial Board,
• Benefit Societies,
• British and Foreign Bible Society,
• Brayton, Parish of,
• Brayton Population,
• Brayton Church, (2)
  • Monuments in,
  • Arms in,
  • Rectors of,
  • Registers, (2)
  • Charities,
• Brayton, Thomas de,
• Brayton, Nicholas de,
• Burn, Township of,
  • Manor of,
  • Charities,
• Barlow, Township of,
• Berley, de, pedigree,
• Brooke, of Gateforth House, pedigree,
• Chantries, (5)
• Charter of the Abbey,
  • Translation of,
• Chronicle of the Abbey,
• Crusades, The,
• Cawood, David de, Abbat of Selby,
• Cave, John,
• Commissioners, Visit of,
  • Letter from Selby,
  • Valuation,
• Civil War, (2)
• Charles I.Visits Selby,
• Caryl, Mr.,
• Constable, Ralph,
• Constable's Accounts, A.D., (2)
• Charity House Expenditure, A.D., (2)
• Canal Navigation,
• Chamberlaine's Charity, (3)
• Clevor, Lady, Epitaph on,
• Court House,
• Cholera, Visitations of,
• County Court,
• Churchwardens of Selby,
• Census Returns,
  • List of Population,
  • Education,
  • Religious Worship,
• Clarkson, Barnard,
• Domesday Book, (2)
• Dodsworth, Roger, (2)
• Durannus, Abbat, of Selby, (2)
• Deeping, R., Abbat of Selby,
• Drainage of Axholme,
• Description of the Monastic Buildings,
• Derby, Earls of,
• Dawnay, Faith, Epitaph on,
• Destruction of Turnpike gate,
• Dugdale, Sir W., Visitation,
• Duke of Clarence Society,
• D'Arcy, Lord, Memoir of,
  • Tomb of,
• Etymology of Selby,
• Edward II.visits Selby,
• Engagements at Selby - Civil War, (2)
• Enclosure of Selby Common,
• Edmonds, John, Gift,
• Epitaph,
• Ejected Nonconformist Ministers,
• Epitaphs in Selby Church,
• Elections, Polls at,
• Ester book of Selby,
• Fairfax, Lord,
• Fairfax, Sir Thomas, (2)
• Floods at Selby, (2)
• Feoffees of Selby, Estate of,
  • Names of,
• Foster's Charity,
• Foster, John,
• France's Gift,
• Fido, Anthony,
• Forestier, Rev.Charles, Epitaph,
• Fisher, Mary, Prosecution of,
• Freemason's Lodge,
• Freeholders in Selby,
• Germain, St., Patron Saint of Selby,
• Germanus, Abbat of Selby,
• Gilbert de Ver,
• Geoffrey,
• Gatesby, G.de,
• Geology of Selby,
• Gas Company,
• Great Floods, (2)
• Gateforth, Township of,
  • Chantry Priests of,
• Hardwick, Thomas,
• Henry I.born at Selby,
• Hemingbrough, Walter de,
• Hugh, Abbat of Selby,
• Herbertus,
• Helias,
• Hugh de Brayton,
• Heslyngton, J.de,
• Hull and Selby Railway,
• Hudson's Charity,
• Hick, Samuel,
• Hamelton, William de, (2)
• Hamelton's Chantry,
  • Priests of,
• Hambleton, Township of,
• Incumbency of Selby,
• Incumbents of Selby, Names of,
• Independents,
• Jubilee of George III., Celebration of,
• Johnson, Thomas,
• Knights Templars, Fall of,
• Lascy, Robert,
  • William,
  • John de, (2)
  • Lathom's Chantry, (2)
  • Will of,
• List of Abbats of Selby,
• Leeds and Selby Road,
  • Railway,
• Lewyn's, Mrs.Ann, Epitaph on,
• Londesborough, Lord, ix.,
  • Arms,
• Local Board of Health,
• Mountain, James,
• Monachism, English,
• Miracles performed, (2)
• Monastery, Officers of,
  • Possessions of,
  • Fall of,
• Marshall, Michael, Epitaph on, (2)
• Myton, Battle of,
• Muncaster, Rev.Jon.,
• Morritt Family, Epitaphs on,
• Mechanics' Institute,
• Magistrates, Names of,
• Markets,
• National Schools,
• Owsthorpe, John, Abbat of Selby,
• Obee, Chr., Epitaph,
• Odd Fellows,
• Parsons, Edward
• Possessions of the Abbey,
• Pygot, W., Abbat of Selby,
• Pilgrimage of Grace, Rebellion of,
• Pensions allowed at the Dissolution,
• Pope Nicholas' Taxation, (2)
• Petre Family, Pedigree,
  • Lady Catherine,
  • Hon.E.R.,
  • Epitaph,
• Prisoners taken at Selby,
• Plague at Selby,
• Punishment of a Scold,
• Parochial Endowments,
• Procter's Charity,
• Parish Registers,
  • Baptisms,
  • Marriages,
  • Burials,
• Parker, Edward, Pedigree,
• Population of Selby,
• Presbyterian Chapel,
• Primitive Methodists,
• Public Rooms,
• Poor Law Union,
• Political History,
• Penny Bank,
• Post Office,
  • Savings' Bank,
• Peace Rejoicings,
• Pickering, Robert, Memoir of,
• Queen Anne's Bounty,
• Registers of the Abbey,
• Roger, Abbat of Selby,
• Richard, (2)
• Rawlinson, T.,
• Remarkable apparition,
• Railroad communication,
• Railway accident,
• Rayner's Charity,
• Ryther, Rev.John,
• Restoration of the Church,
• Raw, Frank, Epitaph on,
• Reed, Rev.Andrew,
• Roman Catholics,
• Rifle Volunteers,
• Rinderpest,
• Rectors of Brayton,
• Selby, Etymology of,
• Selby Common, Enclosure of,
  • Bridge,
• Savings' Bank,
• Sadler, Sir Ralph,
• Sanitary Improvements,
  • Report of Sub Committee,
• Soup and Coal Committees,
• Sanctuary, Right of, (2)
• Selby,
  • Nicholas de,
  • William de,
  • Robert de,
  • John de,
  • Ralph de,
  • Abbat Lawrence,
  • Abbat Robert,
  • Clothing and Benevolent Societies,
  • Survey of the Town,
  • Soke Mill,
  • Subscription School,
  • Selby and Market Weighton Road,
  • St.James' Church,
• Snaith, Church of, (2)
• Snayth, William, Epitaph on,
• Snayth, Henry de,
• Staniland, S., Gift,
  • Epitaphs,
• Scardeburg, S.de, Abbat of Selby,
• Shireburn, Jno., (2)
• Sherburne, Robert,
• Sharrow, John, Abbat of Selby,
• Shrewsbury, Earls of,
  • Countess of,
• Scrope and Grosvenor Controversy,
• Steward's Accounts, A.D., (2)
• Stapylton, Sir Miles,
• Shipping Trade of Selby,
• Shaw, Rev.John,
• Smyth, Jane, Epitaph on,
• Saltmarshe, W., Burial of,
• Society of Friends,
• Shrove tide,
• Turnham, Sir Robert de, (2)
• Tithe barn of the Abbey,
• Thanksgiving, Sermon for Victory at Selby,
• Tradesmen's Tokens,
• Turnpike Roads,
• Thwaites, Alice, Will of,
• Torres' MSS., (3)
• Testamentary Burials,
  • Selby,
  • Brayton,
• Tennant, Smithson,
• Town Hall,
• Trade and Commerce,
• Temperance Society,
• Thorpe Willoughby,
• Twisleton and Thompson, of Barlow, Pedigree, (2)
• Terriers of Selby Church, (2)
• Unitarians,
• Visits of Commissioners to the Monastery,
• Valuations of the Monastery,
• Walter, Abbat of Selby,
• Whalley, Thos.de, Abbat of Selby,
• Wystowe, Jno., de, (2)
• Walmsley, Pedigree of,
  • Thomas,
  • Charles,
  • Francis,
  • Epitaphs,
• Waude, Mrs.Ellen.
• Ward's, Mary, Charity,
• Weddall's Gift,
• Wharrey's Gift,
• Watson, James,
• Wesleyan Methodism, (8)
  • Visit of Rev.J.Wesley,
• Wade, Thomas, Memoir,
• Water, Supply of,
• York, Siege of,
• Younge of Burn