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===Physical geography===
The rocks underlying this area in the south of the Vale of York are [[Triassic]] Bunter sandstone but in this area they are largely overlain by later [[glacial drift]] deposits.<ref>British Geological Survey: Sheet 71 1973</ref> The village is sited on the slightly raised Escrick [[moraine]]. This is one of the [[terminal moraine]]s that was left in the Vale of York when the ice retreated at the end of the last [[ice age]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/4077/1/Vale_of_York_%285%29.pdf | title=The digital approach to understanding the Quaternary evolution of the Vale of York, UK | publisher=British Geological Survey | year=2007 | first1=Anthony |last1=Cooper|first2= Jon |last2=Ford|first3= Simon |last3=Price|first4= Mike |last4=Hall|first5= Helen |last5=Burke |first6=Holger |last6=Kessler}}</ref> The resultant soils vary from thick [[clay]] to sand and [[alluvium]] and their fertility is consequently very variable.
The river Derwent flows in a southerly direction at the eastern boundary of the parish. This river was tidal until a flood barrier was built downstream in the mid 20th century. The height of the land is between {{convert|7|m|ft}} and {{convert|17|m|ft}}.