Queensbury and Shelf Urban District

Queensbury and Shelf was an urban district in the West Riding of Yorkshire from 1937 to 1974. The district was formed by a County Review Order by the amalgamation of Queensbury and Shelf urban districts.

Queensbury and Shelf
Area
  19512,795 acres (11.3 km2)
  19612,795 acres (11.3 km2)
Population
  19314,415
  197110,634
History
  Created1937
  Abolished1974
  Succeeded byCalderdale, City of Bradford
StatusUrban district
  HQAlbert Road, Queensbury

Queensbury and Shelf were included in the metropolitan county of West Yorkshire in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972. The former urban district was divided between two metropolitan boroughs: the wards of Shelf East and Shelf West were included in Calderdale, and the remaining wards in the Metropolitan Borough of Bradford.

53.764°N 1.828°W / 53.764; -1.828


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