Ulleskelf
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", although it could be from the Old Scandinavian equivalent, 'skialf' as in several other English place names, e.g. Hunshelf, Wadshelf.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 650 residents
- Description: village in North Yorkshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Ulleskelf, North Yorkshire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ulleskelf railway station and St John the Baptist’s Church, Kirkby Wharfe.
Ulleskelf railway station
Railway station
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Ulleskelf railway station in Ulleskelf, North Yorkshire, England, is 8.75 miles south of York.
St John the Baptist’s Church, Kirkby Wharfe
Church
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St John the Baptist's Church is the parish church of Kirkby Wharfe, a village south-west of Tadcaster, in North Yorkshire, in England. The church was first built in the late 12th century, with the nave and parts of the south door surviving from this period.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kirkby Wharfe and Bolton Percy.
Kirkby Wharfe
Hamlet
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Kirkby Wharfe is a village 1.9 miles south of Tadcaster, in North Yorkshire, England. The village is in the civil parish of Kirkby Wharfe with North Milford.
Bolton Percy
Village
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Bolton Percy is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 305 in 115 households, reducing marginally to 304 at the 2011 census.
Church Fenton
Village
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Church Fenton is a village and civil parish in the North Yorkshire district of North Yorkshire, England. It is about 16 miles east of Leeds, about 6 miles south-east from Tadcaster and 3 miles north from Sherburn in Elmet. Church Fenton is situated 2 miles south of Ulleskelf.
Ulleskelf
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Ulleskelf, Selby District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.85414° or 53° 51′ 15″ northLongitude
-1.21126° or 1° 12′ 41″ westPopulation
650Elevation
39 feet (12 metres)Open location code
9C5WVQ3Q+MFOpenStreetMap ID
node 1610779360OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2635196Wikidata ID
Q5175043
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Ulleskelf”. Photo: Robert Neilson, CC BY-SA 2.0.