It is mentioned in the Domesday Book and has the Elizabethan Elvington Hall[?]. It was made a Conservation Area in 1990.
The Yorkshire Air Museum[?] is nearby.
... As of the census of 2000, there are 16,146 people, 5,480 households, and 4,197 families residing in the town. The population density is 1,058.4/km² ...