Camblesforth
village in North Yorkshire, England, UK
Camblesforth is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. According to the 2001 Census, the civil parish had a population of 1,526, increasing to 1,568 at the 2011 Census. The village is 5 miles (8 km) south of Selby and 7 miles (11 km) west of Goole.
It was historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire until 1974. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the Selby District; it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.
It has a Methodist Chapel (1894) which is used for Parish Council and other meetings, and two public houses, the Comus Inn and the Black Dog.
History
The place-name 'Camblesforth' is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it appears as Camelesforde and Canbesford. The first element may be a river name corresponding to the Welsh camlais meaning 'crooked stream', so the name may mean 'ford on a crooked stream'.
Merleswein the Sheriff was Lord of the manor of Camblesforth in 1066. Ralph Paynell became Lord of the manor in 1086 after Camblesforth suffered the Harrowing of the North by William the Conqueror to subjugate Northern England.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Camblesforth” as village in North Yorkshire, England, UK. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
Why this record matters
The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as village in North Yorkshire, England, UK. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 10, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q268602. Authority coordinates are 53.730, -1.019. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2001, 2011, 1974 and 2023.
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