Frith photos prompt happy memories of our personal history, so enjoy this trip down memory lane with our old photos, historic maps, local history books, and memories of Shelf. Refresh & enjoy your personal memories, or find some that family & friends will love as gifts.

It's free to browse our vintage and retro photographs of Shelf, but if some spark good memories they are available to buy in a wide range of products, including framed prints, canvas prints and personalised photo gifts including tea towels, mugs, jigsaws, tableware, cushion covers, customised calendars. Don't miss other visitors' Memories and maybe connect with those who have shared their memories - you may even know the names, or learn more about the locality.

Old Maps of Shelf

Historic Maps of Shelf and the local area.

Sheet Maps of Shelf

Historic Folded Sheet Maps of Shelf and the local area, matching current OS Landranger Sheet Maps.

I regret that I feel a slight fraud as I have no memories of my own of Shelf, nor have I visited, YET. However, having researched my family tree of Medleys of Yorkshire back to the sixteenth century, the family that comes in to the first censuses lived in Shelf. This family comprised, John (a weaver) and Elisabeth (formerly widow Wilkinson, nee Haell) and their three children, Grace (b 1780), William (b ...see more
Between 1960-62 my dad, Harry Henshall of Westbury Road, Cooperville drove a Jaguar Mark 2, 2.4 litre in two tone grey over Westminster blue and with the registration number XUG384. At this time he worked at Home Silks aka Mandale Mills as Foreman Overlooker. I can't be sure from the picture that it is definitely two-tone or even if it is a Jag but I'd like to think it was him.

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