Shelfield

Shelfield is a suburb of Aldridge and Pelsall 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.

This article is about the suburb of Walsall n the West Midlands. For the hamlet in Warwickshire, see Shelfield, Warwickshire.

Shelfield
Population11,871 (2011, Rushall-Shelfield Ward)
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townWALSALL
Postcode districtWS4
PoliceWest Midlands
FireWest Midlands
AmbulanceWest Midlands

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

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; 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.

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