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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
SHELF, a village, a township, and a chapelry, in Halifax parish, W. R. Yorkshire. The village stands 2½ miles NNW of Lightcliffe r. station, and 3 NE of Halifax; and has a post-office‡ under Halifax. The township comprises 1,350 acres. Real property, £7,610; of which £200 are in quarries, and £128 in mines. Pop. in 1851, 3,414; in 1861, 3,062. Houses, 656. S. Hall, Wade House, and Furnace House are chief residences. Free-stone, ironstone, and coal abound; and manufactures of worsted and damask are carried on.—The chapelry was constituted in 1851. Pop. in 1861, 3,311. Houses, 712. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £200. Patron, the Bishop of R. The church is modern. There are three dissenting chapels, a national school, and a British school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village, a township, and a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Halifax AP/CP Shelf CP/Tn Yorkshire AncC |
| Place: | Shelf |
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