Coordinates: 53°45′10″N 1°48′43″W / 53.752719°N 1.811911°W / 53.752719; -1.811911

Shelf
Shelf  Shelf shown within West Yorkshire
Population	4,496
OS grid reference	SE125285
Metropolitan borough	Calderdale
Metropolitan county	West Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	HALIFAX
Postcode district	HX3
Police	West Yorkshire
Fire	West Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
EU Parliament	Yorkshire and the Humber
List of places: UK • England • Yorkshire

Shelf is a village in West Yorkshire, England. The village is situated halfway between Bradford and Halifax. It has a population of 4,496.^[1]

In the Domesday Book it is called Scelf.

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.^[2]

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.

Shelf is a village impacted by the Industrial Revolution.

Much-travelled footballer Frank Worthington was born in the village, as was veteran Blue Peter presenter John Noakes.

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