English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Shelf Moor

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Shelffmore 1487 WYD
  • Schelfe Mere (sic) 1494 YDi

Etymology

, Shelffmore 1487 WYD, Schelfe Mere (sic)1494 YD i , v. mōr .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name