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Tourist Spot Attractions In Selby District

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Selby is a town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, 14 miles south of York on the River Ouse, with a population at the 2011 census of 14,731.Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, Selby once had a large shipbuilding industry, and was an important port on the Selby Canal which brought trade from Leeds. Selby Town F.C. play in the Northern Counties East Football League.
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  • 1. Towton Battlefield Towton
    The Battle of Towton was fought on 29 March 1461 during the English Wars of the Roses, near the village of Towton in Yorkshire. A culminating engagement in the dynastic struggles between the houses of Lancaster and York for control of the English throne, the battle ended in an overwhelming victory for the Yorkists. It brought about a change of monarchs in England, with the victor Edward of York having displaced Henry VI as king, and thus drove the head of the Lancastrians and his key supporters out of the country. It is described as probably the largest and bloodiest battle ever fought on English soil, and according to historical sources, probably the longest According to chroniclers, more than 50,000 soldiers from the Houses of York and Lancaster fought for hours amidst a snowstorm on tha...
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  • 2. Old Trafford Stretford
    Old Trafford is an area in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England, two miles southwest of Manchester city centre, roughly delineated by the crossroads of two old toll gates, Brooks's Bar to the east and Trafford Bar to the west. Old Trafford is the site of Old Trafford football stadium, home of Manchester United F.C., and Old Trafford Cricket Ground, home of Lancashire County Cricket Club, at opposite ends of Warwick Road, renamed Brian Statham Way and Sir Matt Busby Way . The road between them retains the name Warwick Road, and the southern section on the other side of the Metrolink line is Warwick Road South.
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