Map of Barlby – 1903
Copyright: The Francis Frith Collection.
Map of Bishopthorpe – 1890
This is an ordinance survey map of Bishopthorpe village from 1890, which shows the North Eastern Rail line running through…
Boyhood Memories of the Track at Bishopthorpe
Tim lived in Bishopthorpe as a young lad and still lives there today, using the path on a daily basis.…
Selby Mines 2018 – North Selby, Riccall, Stillingfleet, Wistow, Whitemoor and Gascoigne Wood
All the coal extracted from the Selby coalfield was taken out via the Gascoigne Wood railhead. A number of access…
Railway to Greenway Rail Heritage Scoping Schedule
This excel file was compiled by Sophie Vohra of York University as a scoping exercise identifying documents that might be…
Signal Box Closures for East Coast Mainline diversion
Station and signal box closure history This item lists the sequence of station and closures leading up to the diversion…
Selby Coalfield Sites 2018
Selby coalfield, the largest and most modern in Europe, was developed between 1972 and 1984, and by 1990 was producing…
CGI recreates trains at Bishopthorpe and Naburn bridges
Local film-maker Dave Thorp has created an amazing CGI recreation of trains passing through Bishopthorpe and over the bridges at…
Incidents at BOCM outside Selby
These dramatic accounts were submitted by Cyril Pickup who worked at BOCM at Barlby, just north of Selby friom 1953…
Living by the line – 1972
York to Selby line I first saw the rented bungalow by the railway line back in July 1972, the day…