Ulleskelf

Also known as Ulleskelf, North Yorkshire

Ulleskelf is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England, four miles from Tadcaster on the River Wharfe.

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Locality: Ulleskelf
Region: England
Country: United Kingdom
Population: 650
Timezone: Europe/London

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UK place.country: England
UK place.static_image: Railway Bridge over River Wharfe at Ulleskelf geograph-494132-by-Andrew-Whale.jpg
UK place.static_image_width: 240px
UK place.static_image_caption: Railway Bridge over River Wharfe at Ulleskelf
UK place.official_name: Ulleskelf
UK place.population: 980
UK place.population_ref: (2011 census)
UK place.civil_parish: Ulleskelf
UK place.unitary_england: North Yorkshire
UK place.lieutenancy_england: North Yorkshire
UK place.region: Yorkshire and the Humber
UK place.post_town: TADCASTER
UK place.postcode_district: LS24
UK place.postcode_area: LS
UK place.os_grid_reference: SE518401

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Population: 980
Image: Ulleskelf Village Hall - geograph.org.uk - 313753.jpg

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Commons category: Ulleskelf
postal code: LS24
OS grid reference: SE518401

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Ulleskelf is a village and civil parish in the county 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), although it could be from the Old Scandinavian equivalent, 'skialf' as in several other English place names, e.g. Hunshelf, Wadshelf. In this geographical context 'skelf' would mean 'bank' (of the river). The settlement was recorded in the Domesday Book as Oleschel and Oleslec.