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PONTEFRACT REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Table 1A: List of Places in Pontefract Registration District (1837–1974)

Civil Parish

County

From

To

Comments

Ackton

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1862

Abolished 1.4.1938 and added to the parish of Ackton & Snydale. See also Table 2, notes (d) and (e).

1868

1938

Ackton & Snydale

Yorkshire West Riding

1938

1974

Created 1.4.1938 out of the parishes of Snydale and Ackton.

Ackworth

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1850

See Table 2, note (a).

Allerton Bywater

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1862

See Table 2, notes (d), (e) and (f).

1868

1869

Badsworth

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1850

See Table 2, note (a).

Balne

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1974

See Table 2, notes (g) and (p).

Beal

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1862

See Table 2, notes (d), (e) and (p).

1868

1974

Birkin

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1974

See Table 2, note (p).

Brotherton

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1862

See Table 2, notes (d), (e) and (p).

1868

1974

Burton Salmon

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1862

See Table 2, notes (d), (e) and (p).

1868

1974

Byram cum Poole

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1891

Abolished 26.3.1891 and added to the parish of Byram cum Sutton.

Byram cum Sutton

Yorkshire West Riding

1891

1974

Created 26.3.1891 from the separate parishes of Byram cum Poole and Sutton. See also Table 2, note (p).

Carleton

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1862

Abolished 1.4.1937 and added to the parish of Pontefract. See also Table 2, notes (d) and (e).

1868

1937

Castleford

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1862

Abolished 1.4.1974 and added to the Wakefield unparished area. See also Table 2, notes (d), (e) and (n).

1868

1974

Cridling Stubbs

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1974

See Table 2, note (p).

Darrington

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1862

See Table 2, notes (d) and (e).

1868

1974

East Hardwick

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1974

Eggborough

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1974

See Table 2, note (p).

Fairburn

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1862

See Table 2, notes (d), (e) and (p).

1868

1974

Featherstone

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1862

See Table 2, notes (d), (e) and (l).

1868

1974

Ferry Fryston

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1862

Abolished 1.4.1938 and divided between the parishes of Castleford and Fairburn. See also Table 2, notes (d) and (e).

1868

1938

Garforth

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1862

See Table 2, notes (d), (e) and (f).

1868

1869

Glass Houghton

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1862

Abolished 1.4.1938 and added to the parish of Castleford. See also Table 2, notes (d) and (e).

1868

1938

Great & Little Preston

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1862

See Table 2, notes (d), (e) and (f).

1868

1869

Hamphall Stubbs

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1850

See Table 2, note (a).

Heck

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1974

See Table 2, note (p).

Hemsworth

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1850

See Table 2, note (a).

Hensall

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1974

See Table 2, note (p).

Hessle

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1850

See Table 2, note (a).

Hill Top

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1850

See Table 2, note (a).

Hillam

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1974

See Table 2, note (p).

Huddleston cum Lumby

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1862

See Table 2, note (b).

Huntwick with Foulby & Nostell

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1850

See Table 2, note (a).

Kellington

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1974

See Table 2, note (p).

Kippax

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1862

See Table 2, notes (d), (e) and (f).

1868

1869

Kirk Smeaton

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1850

See Table 2, note (a).

Knottingley

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1974

Abolished 1.4.1974 and added to the Wakefield unparished area.

Ledsham

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1862

See Table 2, notes (d), (e) and (f).

1868

1869

Ledston

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1862

See Table 2, notes (d), (e) and (f).

1868

1869

Little Smeaton

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1850

See Table 2, note (a).

Methley

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1862

Abolished 1.4.1937 and divided between the parishes of Rothwell and Castleford. See also Table 2, notes (d), (e) and (m).

1868

1937

Micklefield

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1862

See Table 2, notes (d), (e) and (f).

1868

1869

Monk Fryston

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1974

See Table 2, notes (h), (j), (n) and (p).

Monkhill

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1892

Abolished 26.3.1892 and added to the parish of Pontefract.

Newthorpe

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1862

See Table 2, note (b).

North Elmsall

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1850

See Table 2, note (a).

Pontefract

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1974

Abolished 1.4.1974 and added to the Wakefield unparished area.

Pontefract Park

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1862

Abolished 1.4.1920 and added to the parish of Pontefract. See also Table 2, notes (d) and (e).

1868

1920

Purston Jaglin

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1862

Abolished 1.4.1938 and added to the parish of Featherstone. See also Table 2, notes (d) and (e).

1868

1938

Skelbrooke

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1850

See Table 2, note (a).

Snydale

Yorkshire West Riding

1862

1938

Abolished 1.4.1938 and divided between the parishes of Ackton & Snydale and Huntwick with Foulby & Nostell. See also Table 2, notes (c), (i) and (k).

South Elmsall

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1850

See Table 2, note (a).

South Kirkby

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1850

See Table 2, note (a).

South Milford

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1862

See Table 2, notes (d), (e) and (f).

1868

1869

Stapleton

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1974

See Table 2, note (p).

Sutton

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1862

Abolished 26.3.1891 and added to the parish of Byram cum Sutton. See also Table 2, notes (d) and (e).

1868

1891

Tanshelf

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1920

Abolished 1.4.1920 and added to the parish of Pontefract.

Thorpe Audlin

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1850

See Table 2, note (a).

Upton

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1850

See Table 2, note (a).

Walden Stubbs

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1850

See Table 2, note (a).

West Hardwick

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1850

See Table 2, note (a).

Whitley

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1974

See Table 2, note (p).

Whitwood

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1862

Abolished 1.4.1937 and divided between the parishes of Castleford and Rothwell. See also Table 2, notes (d), (e) and (m).

1868

1937

Womersley

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1974

See Table 2, note (p).


Table 1B: List of Places in Pontefract Registration District (1974–2008)

All areas in Pontefract registration dstrict became part of the county of West Yorkshire on 1.4.1974.

Civil Parish
(*or Unparished Area)

County

From

To

Comments

Ackworth

West Yorkshire

1974

2008

See Table 2, notes (o) and (q)

Badsworth

West Yorkshire

1974

2008

See Table 2, notes (o) and (q)

Darrington

West Yorkshire

1974

2008

See Table 2, note (q).

East Hardwick

West Yorkshire

1974

2008

See Table 2, note (q).

Featherstone

West Yorkshire

1974

2008

See Table 2, note (q).

Havercroft with Cold Hiendley

West Yorkshire

1974

2008

See Table 2, notes (o) and (q)

Hemsworth

West Yorkshire

1974

2008

See Table 2, notes (o) and (q)

Hessle & Hill Top

West Yorkshire

1974

2008

See Table 2, notes (o) and (q)

Huntwick with Foulby & Nostell

West Yorkshire

1974

2008

See Table 2, notes (o) and (q)

Normanton

West Yorkshire

1906

1906

That part which until 1.4.1906 formed part of the parish of Snydale. See also Table 2, note (i).

North Elmsall

West Yorkshire

1974

2008

See Table 2, notes (o) and (q)

Rothwell

West Yorkshire

1937

1947

That part which until 1.4.1937 formed parts of the parishes of Methley and Whitwood. See also Table 2, note (m).

Ryhill

West Yorkshire

1974

2008

See Table 2, notes (o) and (q)

South Elmsall

West Yorkshire

1974

2008

See Table 2, notes (o) and (q)

South Hiendley

West Yorkshire

1974

2008

See Table 2, notes (o) and (q)

South Kirkby

West Yorkshire

1974

1975

Renamed 18.6.1975 to become the parish of South Kirkby & Moorthorpe. See also Table 2, note (o).

South Kirkby & Moorthorpe

West Yorkshire

1975

2008

Created 18.6.1975 by renaming the parish of South Kirkby. See also Table 2, note (q)

South Milford

West Yorkshire

1937

1947

That part which until 1.4.1937 formed part of the parish of Monk Fryston. See also Table 2, note (j).

Thorpe Audlin

West Yorkshire

1974

2008

See Table 2, notes (o) and (q)

Upton

West Yorkshire

1974

2008

See Table 2, notes (o) and (q)

Wakefield*

West Yorkshire

1974

2008

That part of the unparished area which until 1.4.1974 formed the parishes of Castleford, Knottingley and Pontefract. See also Table 2, note (q).

West Hardwick

West Yorkshire

1974

2008

See Table 2, notes (o) and (q)


Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Pontefract Registration District

Date of Change

Note

Description of Change

Population transferred

11.11.1850

(a)

Lost the parishes of Ackworth, Badsworth, Hamphall Stubbs, Hemsworth, Hessle & Hill Top, Huntwick with Foulby & Nostell, Kirk Smeaton, Little Smeaton, North Elmsall, Skelbrooke, South Elmsall, South Kirkby, Thorpe Audlin, Upton, Walden Stubbs and West Hardwick, to help create Hemsworth registration district.

6325 in 1841

26.3.1862

(b)

Lost the parishes of Huddleston cum Lumby and Newthorpe, to Tadcaster registration district.

355 in 1861

8.4.1862

(c)

Gained the parish of Snydale from Wakefield registration district.

160 in 1861

30.5.1862

(d)

Lost the parishes of Ackton, Allerton Bywater, Beal, Brotherton, Burton Salmon, Carleton, Castleford, Darrington, Fairburn, Featherstone, Ferry Fryston, Garforth, Glass Houghton, Great & Little Preston, Kippax, Ledsham, Ledston, Methley, Micklefield, Pontefract Park, Purston Jaglin, South Milford, Sutton and Whitwood, to create Castleford registration district

19954 in 1861

1.1.1868

(e)

Gained the parishes of Ackton, Allerton Bywater, Beal, Brotherton, Burton Salmon, Carleton, Castleford, Darrington, Fairburn, Featherstone, Ferry Fryston, Garforth, Glass Houghton, Great & Little Preston, Kippax, Ledsham, Ledston, Methley, Micklefield, Pontefract Park, Purston Jaglin, South Milford, Sutton and Whitwood, from Castleford registration district

19954 in 1861

16.8.1869

(f)

Lost the parishes of Allerton Bywater, Garforth, Great & Little Preston, Kippax, Ledsham, Ledston, Micklefield and South Milford to Tadcaster registration district.

6351 in 1861

25.3.1883

(g)

Lost a detached part of the parish of Balne (which was added to the parish of Pollington on 25.3.1883) to Goole registration district.

11 in 1891

(h)

Lost a detached part of the parish of Monk Fryston (which was added to the parish of Huddleston cum Lumby on 25.3.1883) to Tadcaster registration district.

0 in 1891

1.6.1906

(i)

Lost the part in the parish of Normanton (which until 1.4.1906 formed part of the parish of Snydale) to Wakefield registration district.

0 in 1901

1.1.1947

(j)

Lost the part in the parish of South Milford (which until 1.4.1937 formed part of the parish of Monk Fryston) to Barkston Ash registration district.

73 in 1931

(k)

Lost part of the parish of Syndale (which was added to the parish of Huntwick with Foulby & Nostell on 1.4.1938) to Hemsworth registration district.

0 in 1931

(l)

Gained part of the parish of Featherstone (which until 1.4.1938 formed parts of the parishes of Huntwick with Foulby & Nostell and West Hardwick) from Hemsworth registration district.

2 in 1931

(m)

Lost the part in the parish of Rothwell (which until 1.4.1937 formed parts of the parishes of Methley and Whitwood) to Lower Agbrigg registration district.

4607 in 1931

(n)

Gained parts of the parishes of Castleford and Monk Fryston (which until 1.4.1937 and 1.4.1938 formed parts of the parishes of Allerton Bywater and Huddleston cum Lumby) from Tadcaster registration district.

1893 in 1931

1.4.1974

(o)

Gained the parishes of Ackworth, Badsworth, Havercroft with Cold Hiendley, Hemsworth, Hessle & Hill Top, Huntwick with Foulby & Nostell, North Elmsall, Ryhill, South Elmsall, South Hiendley, South Kirkby, Thorpe Audlin, Upton and West Hardwick, from Hemsworth registration district.

52070 in 1971

(p)

Lost the parishes of Balne, Beal, Birkin, Brotherton, Burton Salmon, Byram cum Sutton, Cridling Stubbs, Eggborough, Fairburn, Heck, Hensall, Hillam, Kellington, Monk Fryston, Stapleton, Whitley and Womersley, to Selby registration district.

7823 in 1971

1.4.2008 (abolished)

(q)

Lost the part in the Wakefield unparished area and the parishes of Ackworth, Badsworth, Darrington, East Hardwick, Featherstone, Havercroft with Cold Hiendley, Hemsworth, Hessle & Hill Top, Huntwick with Foulby & Nostell, North Elmsall, Ryhill, South Elmsall, South Hiendley, South Kirkby & Moorthorpe, Thorpe Audlin, Upton, West Hardwick, to Wakefield registration district.

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