Barkston Ash
Barkston Ash is a small village and civil parish close to Selby in North Yorkshire, England.[3] It was part of the Selby District from 1974 until 2023, the village previously gave its name to the former wapentake of Barkston Ash.[2][5] What is now the A162 London Road was a turnpike constructed in 1769: the Main Street and the major part of the village goes East from the junction with this.[5] There are two pubs, the Ash Tree (on the site of a former coaching inn) and the Boot and Shoe, a village hall and a primary school (dating from 1856).[3] There are three 17th to 19th century stone Grade II listed building houses near the junction of Main Street and Church Street: Laurel Farm,[8] Barkston House,[9] and Turpin Hall Farm.