Shelf, West Yorkshire

Shelf, West Yorkshire

infobox UK place
country = England
static_

static_image_caption =
latitude = 53.752719
longitude = -1.811911
map_type = West Yorkshire
official_name = Shelf
population =
metropolitan_borough = Calderdale
metropolitan_county = West Yorkshire
region = Yorkshire and the Humber
constituency_westminster =
post_town = HALIFAX
postcode_district = HX3
postcode_area = HX
dial_code =
os_grid_reference = SE125285

Shelf is a village in West Yorkshire, England. The village is situated halfway between Bradford and Halifax.

From 1937 to 1974, Shelf formed part of Queensbury and Shelf, an urban district in the West Riding of Yorkshire. Queensbury and Shelf consisted of Queensbury and Shelf. [ [http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10166871&c_id=10001043 Queensbury and Shelf UD West Riding through time | Administrative history of Local Government District: hierarchies, boundaries ] ]

Queensbury and Shelf was split in 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, with the Shelf part going to the metropolitan borough of Calderdale, and the rest going to the Metropolitan Borough of Bradford.

Much-travelled footballer Frank Worthington was born in the village.

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