- Acaster Malbis
infobox UK place
country = England
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static_image_caption =
latitude = 53.9019
longitude = -1.10691
official_name = Acaster Malbis
population =
unitary_england =York
lieutenancy_england =North Yorkshire
region = Yorkshire and the Humber
constituency_westminster =
post_town = YORK
postcode_district = YO23 2
postcode_area = YO
dial_code =
os_grid_reference = SE587454Acaster Malbis is a
village andcivil parish in theunitary authority of the city ofYork ,England . It is located on the River Ouse, south of York andBishopthorpe .The Latin word for a camp is "castra" which indicates that the Roman army may once have been based here. The village is mentioned in the
Domesday Book as "Acastre". The "Malbis" part comes from the land-owning Malbis family. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 578. Until 1996 the parish was part of the district of Selby.The village has an Anglican Church (Holy Trinity Church) and a Methodist Church.The first mention of a post office in Acaster Malbis was in 1853, when a type of postmark known as an undated circle was issued. However, the village's last post office closed in June 1995.
There was a
Royal Air Force station in the village during and immediately after theSecond World War .External links
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