Ulleskelf


Ulleskelf is a small village and civil parish in the Selby District of North Yorkshire, England, four miles from Tadcaster on the River Wharfe. Its name comes from the Scandinavian personal name Úlfr, while Kelf means calf in Icelandic. It was written in the Domesday Book as Oleschel and Oleslec.
It is served by Ulleskelf railway station, at which up to three trains a day run, all operated by Northern. It has one public house and one shop. The 2011 UK Census recorded the population of the parish as 980.
An episode of A Touch of Frost, Mind Games, starring David Jason and Keith Barron, was filmed in the village in 2008.

Governance

Ulleskelf is the most populous village in the electoral ward called Saxton and Ulleskelf. The ward's population at the 2011 census was 2,341.