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The early history of Shelf: : A West Yorkshire village before 1700

Stables, Ben2018

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This book is the result of never before seen research into original documents to explain the complex development of Shelf until 1700. In its early history Shelf developed from a moorland and forest into a landscape full of activity: the roads and farms we know today were laid out and the place names we use today began to be used. Find out about William, the 14th century "Clerk of Shelf", the 16th century windmill, William Cowper who lost his families estate and was starving as a prisoner at York in the 1630's, a nasty dispute over a pew at Coley Church in 1685, and much more...