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==Religion== [[File:West Front of Selby Abbey - geograph.org.uk - 1317014.jpg|thumb|220px|[[Selby Abbey]], west front]] {{main|Selby Abbey}} [[Selby Abbey]] is one of the largest parish churches in Britain and is larger than several cathedrals.<ref>{{cite news|title=For one week only, a town's heritage moves from past to present|url=http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/analysis/for-one-week-only-a-town-s-heritage-moves-from-past-to-present-1-2577789|access-date=14 November 2017|work=The Yorkshire Post|date=17 June 2010}}</ref> There are various other Christian churches in the town that offer community and differing styles of worship: King's Church,<ref>{{cite web|title=King's Church Selby|url=https://www.kingschurchselby.org/|access-date=22 November 2021|website=Kingschurchselby.org}}</ref> St Mary's [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] Church,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stmarysselby.org.uk|title=St Mary's Selby |publisher=stmarysselby.org.uk|access-date=18 November 2014}}</ref> Portholme [[Methodism|Methodist]] / [[United Reformed Church|URC Church]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.portholmechurch.org.uk|title=Portholme Church β Methodist / URC LEP|first=Martin|last=Pascoe|website=Portholmechurch.org.uk|access-date=9 November 2017}}</ref> and St James' Church.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stjamesselby.org|title=St James Selby|website=St James Selby|access-date=9 November 2017}}</ref> Edge Community was founded in 2009 for the Flaxley Road community,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.edgecommunity.org.uk|title=Who we are β edge community|website=Edgecommunity.org.uk|access-date=9 November 2017}}</ref> and [[The Salvation Army]] opened The Church at the Crossroads on the Abbotts Road estate in 2015.<ref name="Salvation Army">{{cite web | author = Staff | title = Selby: The Salvation Army | publisher = [[The Salvation Army]] | url = https://www.salvationarmy.org.uk/selby | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181012171539/https://www.salvationarmy.org.uk/selby | archive-date = 12 October 2018 | url-status = live | access-date = 12 October 2018}}</ref> Brayton has St Wilfrid's Anglican Church<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stwilfridsparish.com|title=St Wilfrid's Parish, Brayton, North Yorkshire|website=Stwilfridsparish.com|access-date=9 November 2017}}</ref> and the Methodist Chapel<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gooleselbymethodist.org.uk/brayton.php|title=The Methodist Church β Goole & Selby Circuit|first=Martin|last=Pascoe|website=Gooleselbymethodist.org.uk|access-date=9 November 2017}}</ref> and All Saints' Church is in Barlby.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.achurchnearyou.com/barlby-all-saints|title=All Saints, Barlby|website=A Church Near You|access-date=9 November 2017}}</ref> Thorpe Willoughby has St Francis Church.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thorpewilloughby.org.uk/village/st-francis-church/|title=St Francis Church | Thorpe Willoughby|accessdate=30 January 2024}}</ref> Selby Churches Together set up and run the Selby and District Food Bank.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://selbydistrict.foodbank.org.uk|title=Selby & District Foodbank β Helping Local People in Crisis|website=selbydistrict.foodbank.org.uk|access-date=9 November 2017}}</ref>
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