Selby Town Hall

The local board of health in Selby, which was established in 1851, established its first purpose-built offices on the corner of Gowthorpe and New Lane. These offices were designed in the Gothic Revival style, built in red brick with stone dressings and were completed in the late 19th century. and were converted for use as a branch of the York County Savings Bank after the council moved to modern premises in Park Street in the 1960s. Meanwhile, the Primitive Methodist Church, which had been established by William Clowes in the early 19th century, decided to establish a chapel in Selby in 1840. The church initially operated from a small chapel in a yard off Gowthorpe but, in the 1850s, Lord…