In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Tanshelf like this:
TANSHELF, a township in Pontefract parish, W.R. Yorkshire; adjacent to the W end of Pontefract. Acres, 270. Real property, £2,737. Pop. in 1851, 601; in 1861, 776. Houses, 160. There are several neat villas.
Tanshelf through time
Tanshelf is now part of Wakefield district. Click here for graphs and data of how Wakefield has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Tanshelf itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Tanshelf, in Wakefield and West Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/14326
Date accessed: 26th April 2024
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