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Acaster Malbis (York) & Acaster Selby (N. Yorks).

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Acastre (1086) (DB), Acaster Malebisse (1252), Acastre Seleby (1285). ‘Fortification on the river’. OScand. á (perhaps replacing OE ēa) + OE ceaster. Manorial affixes from lands here held by the Malbis family and by Selby Abbey.

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