Shelley
Major Settlement in the Parish of Kirkburton
Historical Forms
- Scelneleie, Sciuelei 1086 DB
- Shelfleie, Shelfley 1198 YChviii 13 Lewes300d
- Schelflay, Schelfley 13 YDiii 1275–1308 WCR
- Seluelay, Selueleia 13 YDiii 1201 FF 1202–10 YChviii 1228 Hall
- Shelvele 1254 FF
- Schelveley, Schelvelay Hy3 Arm a.1290 YDiii 1324 Arm
- Chelueley 1316 Vill
- Skelflay 1243 Fees
- Scheflay 1297 LS
- Schellai, Schellay, Schelley 1220–30 Bodl102 1314 WCR 1359,1381 DodsN 1449 YDiii
- Scelley p.1290 ib
- Shelley, Shellay 1344 DodsN 1448 Pat 1597 SessnR
Etymology
'Glade or clearing on a shelving terrain', v. scelf , lēah . The village stands on falling ground just above where it begins to slope abruptly down to Shepley Brook. The single Skelflay spelling is due to ON influence.
Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
- Anchor Hill
- Bank Ho
- Bedding Edge
- Bent Ho
- Bird's Nest
- Blackstone Edge
- Boar Clough
- Broad Carr Lane
- Brock Holes
- Butt Lane
- Calf Hey
- Cat Clough
- Cheesegate Nab
- Clay Pit
- Cote
- Cowcliff Hall
- Crimes
- Cripple Hole
- Crow Edge
- Dean Dike & Dean Ho
- Dick Edge
- Downshutts
- Fields Head
- Foster Place
- Fox Ho
- Gate Head
- Hall Acre Wood
- Hazlehead
- Hey Clough
- Hey Slack
- Husking Holes
- Ing Royd
- Intake
- Knowles
- Latham
- Law & Law Slack
- Long Moors
- Martin's Nest
- Meal Hill
- Mill Shaw
- Mole Clough
- Mugup Lane
- Nab Hill
- Upper Nab & Lower Nab
- Old Hey Clough
- Ox Lee
- Pickles Bridge
- Riddle Pit
- Sled Brook
- Snug Ho
- Stubbing Wood
- The Whams
- Lower Whitley & Upper Whitley
- Wicking Clough
- Wood Royd
- Allen Wood
- Beldon Brook
- Box Ings
- Brookfield Mill
- Broom Bank & Broom Stile
- Burton Dean
- Burton Royd
- Busk
- Causeway Foot
- Cinder Hill
- Common Side
- Copley Ho
- Dam Hill
- Dean Bottom, Dean Side & Dean Top
- Dogley Bar & Dogley Lane
- Folly Hall
- Folly Shrogg
- Hallas
- Harry Bower
- High Cross
- Highfield Fm
- Highwood
- White Ley
- Ing Head
- Jean Wood Ho
- Kirkroyds
- Lane, Lane End
- Linshaws
- Littlewood
- Long Ing
- Longlands Wood
- Longley Edge Ho
- May Bank
- Mill Dam
- Miry Lane
- Morefield
- Lamb Spring
- Lane Head
- Linfit
- Mill Dam
- Moor Lane
- Netherfield Ho
- Northfield Ho
- Oakroyd
- Paddock
- The Row
- Royd Wood
- Shaw Lane
- Slant Gate
- Springfield Mills
- Tanyard Ho
- Thorncliff Green
- Tithe Wood
- Turnshaw Rd
- Abinger
- Bare Bones
- Black Hill
- Boshaw
- Bradshaw Edge
- Chapel Gate
- Daisy Lee
- Dean Bridge & Dean Dike
- Dobroyd Mill
- Downshutts
- Flight Hill
- Goose Hole
- Green Gate
- Harden
- Jordan
- Lambs Cote
- The Leas
- Lee Mills
- Little Law
- Longley Edge
- Morton Wood
- Moss Ho
- New Gate
- Oakscar
- Paris
- Round Close
- Ryefield Ho
- Sandy Gate
- Scholes Moor
- Smithfield
- Snittlegate, Snittle Rd
- Spring Field
- Strines
- Syke Ho
- Tinker Hill
- Upper Ho
- Wetshaw Edge
- White Abbey
- White Wells
- Wickleden
- Wild Boar Clough
- Wildspur Wood
- Winscar Holes
- Balk Lane
- Arrunden
- Bank
- Bank Bottom
- Bankfield
- Batty's Dam
- Beaver Clough
- Bray Wood
- Brown Hill
- Catholes Gutter
- Crow Hill
- Dam Ho
- Dobb, Dob Dike
- Dover
- Dunsley Bank
- Fox Clough
- Gill Lane
- Glenthorpe
- Green Ho
- Hall Green
- High Gate
- Hill Ho, Nether Hill Ho
- Hill Top
- Hollin Brigg
- Hollin Hill
- Holme Styes
- Horsefield
- Kilnhouse Bank
- Laith
- Lamma Well
- Lane Bottom
- Malkin Ho
- Moorfield Ho
- Moss Edge
- Nabb
- New Gate
- Old Yew
- Park Nook
- Royd Ho & Royd Ing
- Stony Gate
- Swan Bank
- Tinker Well
- Waltin
- Ward Bank & Ward Place
- Washpit
- Water Side
- Weather Hill
- Well Ho
- West Gate
- White Gate
- White Gate Edge
- Woodhouse
- Wood Nook & Wood Top
- Bellgreave
- Bendhill Wood
- Biggin
- Briery Brow
- Brown Hill
- Brown's Edge
- Carr Gate & Carr Ho
- Cold Hill Lane
- Cold Well Hill
- Croft Bottom
- Dearne Head
- Deershaw
- Drake Hill
- East Field
- Ebson Ho
- Fulstone Hall
- Gate Foot
- Grassy Cliff
- Greenhill Bank
- Grime Lane
- The Gully
- Hey Bottom
- High Bank
- High Brow
- Hill End
- Hill Top
- Hirst Lane
- Hole Bottom & Hole Lane
- Hollingreave
- Hollin Ho
- Holme Bottom
- Holme Ho
- Horn Cote
- Bank End
- Bark Ho
- Barncliff Dike
- Brook Bridge
- Brook Ho
- Carr Ho
- Copley Ho
- Drinker Lane
- Elder Ho
- Green Ho
- Grice Hall & Grice Nook
- Hardenley
- Hartley Bank
- Holly Bank Ho
- Hop Strines
- Horsecroft Lane
- Lane End
- Long Moor
- Lydgate
- Mosley Lane
- Nicholas Spring
- Oak Wood
- Ox Ings
- Paddock
- Peace Wood
- Pilling Top
- Radcliffe Wood
- Red Hill
- Renshaw Royd
- Round Wood
- Roydhouse
- Sand Hollow
- Shelley Bank
- Shelley Hill Top
- Shelley Wood
- Shelley Woodhouse
- Shrogg Wells
- Standing Hirst
- Town End
- Westerly Lane
- Windmill Hill
- Wood Nook
- Woodlands
- Abbey Lane
- Carr Lane
- Cliffe
- Cliffe Top
- Coat Close
- Croft Nook
- Dob Royd
- Dungeon Well
- Freezeland
- Gelder Wood
- Green Head Fm
- Hall Royd
- Healey Ho
- Hey Moor Ho
- Jenkyn Ho
- Jos Lane
- Kid Royd
- Knoll
- Lee Side
- Lidgett
- Long Close
- Low Carr Fm
- New Hall
- New Row
- Piper Well Lane
- Pit Ho
- Round Wood
- Row Gate
- Shepley Abbey
- Shepley Carr
- Shepley Dike
- Shepley Knoll
- Shepley Lane Head
- Shepley Marsh
- Shepley Wood End
- Stockstill
- Stone Dike
- Stone Wood
- Stretch Gate
- Stubs Wood
- West Royd
- Wood End Wood
- Yew Tree Wood
- Ackroyd Ho
- Bank Ho
- Bank End
- Birks Wood
- Black Ho
- Blagdens
- Boothroyd Wood
- Brown's Knoll
- Carr Dike
- Clough & Clough Dike
- Colne Bank
- Crangle Well
- Flask Lane
- Grange
- Green Carrs
- Green Side
- Halstead
- Halstead Wood
- Hanging Royd Shrogg
- Haw Cliff
- Height
- Hollow Gate
- Ing Head
- Laycock Wood
- Marsh Hall
- Moor Bottom & Moor Side
- Myers Wood
- North Spring Wood
- Oaks Lane
- Ravensknowle
- Saville Wood
- Scar End
- Shrogg Wood
- Smith Wood
- Stocksmoor
- Sun Side
- Thunder Bridge
- Well Bank
- Whitestones
- Horn Hill
- Hullock
- Hunger Hill
- Jackson Bridge
- Kaye Wood
- Kirk Bridge
- Lane End
- Lea Ho
- Lydgate
- Marsh Ho
- Marsh Lane
- Marshlands
- Maythorn
- Mear Ho
- Meltham Ho
- Moor Croft
- Moorlands
- Mount Hill & Mount Hill
- Mucky Bridge
- Nabscliffe
- Pike Low
- Piper Well
- Potters Gate
- Red Row
- Rombs Clough
- Scaly Gate
- Scar
- Sets Stones
- Short Horns
- Slack Beck & Slack Mouth
- Snowgate Head
- Spring Head
- Spring Wood
- Stagwood Hill
- Stalley Royd
- Sude Hill Dike
- Tenter Hill
- Upper Fold
- Wall Nook
- Western Ford
- The Wood
- Wood End
- Ash Ho
- Attorney's Lump
- Bank End & Bank Wood
- Bent
- Berry Banks
- Bridge Fold
- Calf Croft Wood
- Choppards
- Cinder Hills
- Cliff
- Cliff End
- Clough Wood
- Corn Royd
- Cote
- Cross
- Cross Gate
- Dover Wood
- Downshutts Lane
- Ellentree Head
- Folly
- Ford Ho
- Greave
- Gully
- Hades Green
- The Hey, Hey End
- Hill Top
- Hollin Hall
- Holmfirth
- Horsegate Hill
- Hubberton
- Mount
- Mucky Lane
- Muslin Hall
- Paddock Gate
- Pell Lane
- Pog Ing
- Rich Gate
- Ridings
- Round Ing
- The Royds
- Ryecroft
- Slack Lane
- Springfield, Spring Wood
- Stake Lane
- Stand Bank
- Stony Bank
- Sunny Brow
- Tenter Hill Rd
- Thongs Bridge
- Thorn Ho
- Totties, Totties Hall
- Town End
- Under Bank
- West Field
- West Nelly
- Wicken
- Windy Gap
- Winney Bank
- Woodfield
- Wooldale Cliff
- Whitelands Lane