Stimulating public interest in, and caring for, the beauty, history and character of the town and its surroundings.
Selby Civic Society will have their next speaker meeting on Thursday 16th July 2026, starting at 7.30pm, which will be held at Portholme Church, Portholme Road, Selby. £2 for members, £5 for non-members, which includes light refreshments. The speaker this
Selby Civic Society’s summer outing took members and guests on a self-drive visit to the historic site of 12th century Kirkstall Abbey on the north bank of Leeds’ river Aire. But more of the Abbey later. Approached from the modern
Selby Civic Society is having a self-drive visit to Abbey House Museum and Kirkstall Abbey in Leeds, for their June event. This will be on Sunday 21st June, meeting at 10.30 in the adjoining car park to the museum. Kirkstall
Selby Civic Society will have their next speaker meeting on Thursday 21st May 2026, starting at 7.30pm, which will be held at Portholme Church, Portholme Road, Selby. £2 for members, £5 for non-members, which includes light refreshments. Our subject for
On Thursday 16th April members of Selby Civic Society visited the North Yorkshire Archives in Northallerton. It proved to be very interesting and completely fascinating. North Yorkshire Archives collects, preserves and makes accessible historic and current records of significance for
Selby Civic Society will have their next speaker meeting on Thursday 19th March 2026, starting at 7.30pm, which will be held at Portholme Church, Portholme Road, Selby. £2 for members, £5 for non-members, which includes light refreshments. The speaker this
Selby Civic Society have released their new programme of events and speaker meetings for 2026. The first meeting will be on Thursday 19th February 2026, starting at 7.30pm, and will be held at Portholme Church, Portholme Road, Selby. £2 for
Events scheduled for 2024 have now been finalised and are detailed in the attached file. Printed copies of this will be available to you from the end of January and at the first meeting in February. As usual we have a
The Society’s next meeting is a visit on Thursday 21st September to All Saints, North Street, York for a talk about the church’s famous medieval stained glass, followed by a slideshow about some interesting archaeological discoveries. It will be given by Dr Robert Richards, the
Our next meeting on Thursday 20th July will be a talk about “Selby Abbey’s Hill Organ and its Restoration.” The organ restorer Geoffrey Coffin will be joined by Selby Abbey’s organist and Director Of Music, Oliver Waterer, and John Engelhart of Selby Abbey Trustees, for this presentation – a great opportunity