Ulleskelf
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Ulleskelf /ˈʌləˌskɛlf/ is a village and civil parish in the Selby District of North Yorkshire, England, four miles from Tadcaster on the River Wharfe.
Its name comes from the Scandinavian personal name Úlfr, while skelf may be an Old English word meaning "a flat area" (a cognate of shelf),[2] although it could be from the Old Scandinavian equivalent, 'skialf'[3] as in several other English place names, e.g. Hunshelf, Wadshelf.[3] In this geographical context 'skelf' would mean 'bank' (of the river). The settlement was recorded in the Domesday Book as Oleschel and Oleslec.[4][2]
The village was historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire until 1974.[5]
It is served by
Governance
Ulleskelf is the most populous village in the electoral ward called Saxton and Ulleskelf. The ward's population at the 2011 census was 2,341.[8]
References
- ^ Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
- ^ ISBN 9780199609086.
- ^ a b Ekwall (1960). Oxford Dictionary of English Place Names. p. 409.
- OCLC 7225986.
- ^ "History of Ulleskelf, in Selby and Yorkshire | Map and description". www.visionofbritain.org.uk. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
- ^ "Ulleskelf: St Saviour – CHR Church". facultyonline.churchofengland.org. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
- ISBN 9781445631271. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
- Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
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