Shelley is a village in the

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Kirkburton Kirkburton is a village, civil parish and ward in Kirklees in West Yorkshire, England. It is south-east of Huddersfield. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, the township comprised the villages of Kirkburton and Highburton and ...

, in the

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district, in the county of

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, England. The village is north of

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and south-east of

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Community

Road transport links are the A629 and B6116 roads. Within the village is Shelley Hall, which dates to the 17th century, and is a Grade II*

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. The village has three public houses, The Rising Sun, The Flying Ferret (formerly Oddfellows) and Shelley Sports and Social Club. The Emley Moor TV mast is northeast from the village. The village has a community association which meets in its Village Hall. Shelley won the Calor Yorkshire and Northern Village of the Year award in 2004, following winning the earlier round for 'Yorkshire's small village of the year' promoted by the Yorkshire Rural Community Council. Barncliffe Mill at Brookhouse, former home to Shelley Textiles, became the headquarters for Whitley Willows Ltd after the closure of the

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mill.

Governance

Shelley was a

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in the parish of Kirkburton, and from 1866 it was a civil parish, on 1 April 1938 the parish was abolished and merged with Kirkburton. In 1931 the parish had a population of 1566. Shelley had a population of 3,059 according to the 2001 census. It is part of the Kirkburton ward of Kirklees Council.

Religion

Shelley

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, off Far Bank at the west of the village, is a Grade II listed building dating to 1785–6, originally a Methodist New Connexion chapel. The Church of England's

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Church of Emmanuel is on Huddersfield Road at the east of the village. Built in 1868, it is a Grade II listed building. A United Reformed Church on Water Lane is closed.

Education

Shelley has a primary school for children from Reception to Year 5. Next to the school in a prefabricated building is a pre-school and out-of-school club. Shelley College at the east end of the parish near the border with the parish of

Denby Dale Denby Dale is a village and civil parish in the metropolitan borough of Kirklees in West Yorkshire, England. It is 8 miles north-west of Barnsley and 10 miles south-east of Huddersfield. The village is the main village in the Denby Dale civ ...

is for pupils from Kirkburton, Denby Dale and Scissett. Shelley High School, changed to Shelley College when it attained specialist status in science. The actress

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attended Shelley College.

Notable people

* Judith Armitage FRS (born 1951 in Shelley) molecular and cellular biochemist

Sport

Shelley also has a community football club, based at Storthes Hall Park which competes in the

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References

External links

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Shelley Community Association websiteShelley College website
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