Ulleskelf
Village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ulleskelf /ˈʌləˌskɛlf/ is a village and civil parish in the Selby District of North Yorkshire, England, four miles from Tadcaster on the River Wharfe.
Ulleskelf | |
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Railway Bridge over River Wharfe at Ulleskelf | |
Location within North Yorkshire | |
Population | 980 (2011 census)[1] |
OS grid reference | SE518401 |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | TADCASTER |
Postcode district | LS24 |
Police | North Yorkshire |
Fire | North Yorkshire |
Ambulance | Yorkshire |
53.85488°N 1.21267°W / 53.85488; -1.21267 |
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 Ulleskelf railway station, operated by Northern. It has one public house (the Ulleskelf Arms) and one shop (Post Office/general store). The 2011 UK Census recorded the population of the parish as 980.[1] Ulleskelf village hall was previously the Church of England) church of St Saviour.[6] The Methodist church is still in use. "Mind Games", an episode of TV detective series A Touch of Frost, was filmed in the village in 2008.[7]