Tadcaster
Tadcaster is a market town and civil parish in the Selby area of North Yorkshire, England, 3 miles (5 kilometres) east of the Great North Road, 12 miles (19 kilometres) north-east of Leeds, and 10 miles (16 km) south-west of York. The River Wharfe joins the River Ouse regarding 10 miles (16 kilometres) downstream from it. Tadcaster is twinned with Saint-Chély-d'Apcher in France. For local government objectives, the River Wharfe divides the town into eastern and also western selecting wards. The mixed population of Tadcaster East and Tadcaster West in 2004 was 7,280, 3,800 in Tadcaster East and also 3,480 in Tadcaster West (source: Office for National Statistics). The regional authority is Selby District Council. Tadcaster gave its name to a much bigger country district council, Tadcaster Rural Area as well as other management areas. This may result in confusion when comparing the dimension and extent of the present town with information for earlier periods. As an example, the population in 1911 of the Tadcaster sub-district was 6831 compared with that of the Tadcaster Registration Area, 32052 (source: A Vision of Britain with time).
