Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Shelley

Shelley, town and township, Kirkburton par., N. div., West-Riding Yorkshire, 4 miles SE. of Huddersfield, 1568 ac., pop. 1687; P.O.; has several woollen manufactories.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "town and township"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Kirkburton AP/CP       Shelley CP/Tn       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Shelley

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