Tanshelf
TANSHELF, a township, in the parish of Pontefract, Upper division of the wapentake of Osgoldcross, W. riding of York, ¼of a mile (W. by S.) from Pontefract; containing 502 inhabitants. This township comprises 275 acres, and consists chiefly of neat, houses and villas, occupied by families connected with Pontefract, to which it forms a pleasing appendage.
Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.