Shelfield

Shelfield
Village and ward
Clockwise from top: Shelfield Old Milepost on the A461 road, Leighs Road, Fordbrook Lane, Methodist Church on Lichfield Road & Broad Lane
Shelfield is located in West Midlands county
Shelfield
Shelfield
Location within the West Midlands
Population12,406 (2021 Census)[1]
OS grid referenceSK034020
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Areas of the village
Post townWALSALL
Postcode districtWS4
Dialling code01922
PoliceWest Midlands
FireWest Midlands
AmbulanceWest Midlands
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
West Midlands
52°37′07″N 1°57′07″W / 52.61861°N 1.95194°W / 52.61861; -1.95194

Shelfield is a historic village in the borough of Walsall in the West Midlands, England. It is conjoined by the nearby suburbs of Walsall Wood and Rushall. The name Shelfield derives from the Anglo Saxon Skelfeld for sloping ground or field.[2] [full citation needed]

Shelfield is mentioned in the Domesday Book as containing a hide of waste belonging to the Manor of Walsall.[3]

Transliterating the Domesday Book Latin the entry reads: In Scelfeld est hida vasta pertinens eidem Manerio. In English: In Shelfield there is one hide of waste appertaining to the said Manor. This interpretation is further justified by a 1469 quitclaim in Walsall which records a witness named Richard Scelfelde;[4] implying 'Scelfelde' is the ablative form of Scelfeld denoting "Richard of Shelfield." As such, we see the name Shelfield not only in Old English, but also now in Latin.

  1. ^ "Rushall-Shelfield (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". citypopulation.de. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
  2. ^ J.T. Gould
  3. ^ "Walsall Wood: Manor and other estates | British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  4. ^ Quitclaim by Thomas Brugge of Chillinton' to Roger Bayli, Nicholas Flaxhale, Richard... (in Latin). 5 February 2008.