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Shelf is a village in West Yorkshire, England. The village is situated halfway between Bradford and Halifax. In 2001 it had a population of 4,496.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Office for National Statistics )〕 ==History== In the ''Domesday Book'' the village 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Queensbury and Shelf UD West Riding through time )〕 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 which was affected by the Industrial Revolution and retains mill buildings along with other artifacts including a stone or granite horse trough and a stone chair milestone originally erected in 1737 which gave rise to the local area being named Stone Chair, Shelf. Shelf village centre has many shops and facilities such as a bakery and pharmacy. There is a local supermarket managed by the Lidl group. The village is on the route of the Calderdale Way. This is a circular walk around the hills and valleys of Calderdale.〔(1 )〕 Much-travelled footballer Frank Worthington was born in the village, as were Linda Barker and veteran ''Blue Peter'' presenter John Noakes. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Shelf, West Yorkshire」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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