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Bethel Chapel, Shelf
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The Bethel Chapel (1853) is an independent Methodist chapel in Halifax Road, Shelf, Yorkshire.
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Records compiled in 2007 show that 4,938 people have been buried in the graveyard there since it opened in 1852, including three Elizabeth Taylors and one Isaac Newton.[1]