Asselby is a village and

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in the

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, England. It is located in the south-west of the county, north of the River Ouse. It is situated approximately west of the

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Howden Howden () is a market town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It lies in the Vale of York to the north of the M62 motorway, M62, on the A614 road about south-east of York and north of Goole, ...

. The land surrounding Asselby is very flat and intersected by dykes which drain into the Rivers Derwent and

Ouse Ouse ( ) may refer to: Places Rivers in England * River Ouse, Yorkshire * River Ouse, Sussex * River Great Ouse, Northamptonshire and East Anglia ** River Little Ouse, a tributary of the River Great Ouse Other places * Ouse, Tasmania, a town ...

History

Asselby is mentioned in the

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as belonging to Cuthbert, the Bishop of Durham. The name derives from

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- the ''By of Askil'', meaning the famstead of Askil. Historically in the

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of Howdenshire, and in the Parish of Howden, it is now in its own civil parish. The civil parish is formed by the village of Asselby and the

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Knedlington Knedlington is a small hamlet (place), hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Asselby, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately west of the market town of Howden and lies to the west of the B1228 road ...

, together with that part of Boothferry village west of the B1228 road. According to the

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, Asselby parish had a population of 351, a rise from the

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figure of 299. The parish covers an area of . The

Hull and Barnsley Railway The Hull Barnsley & West Riding Junction Railway and Dock Company (HB&WRJR&DCo.) was opened on 20 July 1885. It had a total projected length of but never reached Barnsley, stopping a few miles short at Stairfoot. The name was changed to The ...

ran past the village until 1955, having a level crossing named 'Asselby'. The closest station was

Barmby railway station Barmby railway station was a station on the Hull and Barnsley Railway, and served the village of Barmby on the Marsh in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England England is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the Uni ...

. The village has one pub, The Black Swan, situated on Main Street. Unusually, Asselby is situated on an entirely dead-end road, which finishes in the next village (which is slightly larger than Asselby), Barmby on the Marsh.

Northern Gas Networks Northern Gas Networks Limited is the British company responsible for distributing gas to homes and businesses across Yorkshire, the North East and northern Cumbria, England. Northern Gas Networks Limited is one of eight gas distribution networks ...

has a gas pressure reduction and odourisation plant just outside of Asselby.

Asselby Island

South of the village, on the banks of the River Ouse is Asselby Island. The island is now a triangular patch of land which covers some , however it used to only be and had water surrounding it on all sides. Changes in the tidal system meant that the northern channel had almost dried up by the 1940s, and draining by the

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, in the 1960s, mean that the island now only has water on the western and southern sides, its northern side being now permanently joined to the northern bank of the river. However, in times of high water, the island does become a true island again. The island is now wooded (mostly willow trees) and is only above sea level. It is opposite the mouth of the River Aire, and is downstream from the present mouth of the River Derwent. The island is now a Site of Interest for Nature Conservation (SINC), particularly for invertebrates. Historically, the island belonged to the Parish of Drax, but it now belongs entirely with the civil parish of Asselby. The

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on the northern bank of the Ouse affords views of the island.

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* {{authority control Villages in the East Riding of Yorkshire Civil parishes in the East Riding of Yorkshire