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

Civil Parish

County

From

To

Comments

Almondbury

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1924

Abolished 1.4.1924 and added to the parish of Huddersfield.

Austonley

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1921

Abolished 1.4.1921 and added to the parish of Holmfirth.

Cartworth

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1921

Abolished 1.4.1921 and added to the parish of Holmfirth.

Colne Valley

Yorkshire West Riding

1937

1939

Created 1.4.1937 out of the parishes of Golcar, Marston, Linthwaite, Slaithwaite and Scammonden. See also Table 2, note (f).

Cumberworth

Yorkshire West Riding

1843

1939

See Table 2, notes (a), (b), (c) and (f).

Cumberworth Half

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1876

Abolished 29.9.1876 and divided between Skelmanthorpe and Cumberworth

Dalton

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1924

Abolished 1.4.1924 and added to the parish of Huddersfield.

Dunford

Yorkshire West Riding

1938

1939

Created 1.4.1938 out of the parishes of Thurlstone, Hepworth, Scholes, Fulstone and Holme.

Farnley Tyas

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1925

Abolished 1.4.1925 and added to the parish of Thurstonland & Farnley Tyas.

Fulstone

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1938

Abolished 1.4.1938 and divided between the parishes of Holmfirth and Dunford.

Golcar

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1937

Abolished 1.4.1937 and added to the parish of Huddersfield.

Hepworth

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1938

Abolished 1.4.1938 and divided between the parishes of Holmfirth and Dunford.

Holme

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1938

Abolished 1.4.1938 and divided between the parishes of Holmfirth and Dunford.

Holmfirth

Yorkshire West Riding

1921

1939

Created 1.4.1921 from the parishes of Wooldale, Upperthong, Cartworth, Netherthong and Austonley. See also Table 2, note (f).

Honley

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1938

Abolished 1.4.1938 and added to the parish of Holmfirth.

Huddersfield

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1974

Abolished 1.4.1974 and added to the Kirklees unparished area. See also Table 2, note (e).

Kirkburton

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1939

See Table 2, note (f).

Kirkheaton

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1938

Abolished 1.4.1938 and divided between the parishes of Kirkburton and Huddersfield.

Lepton

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1938

Abolished 1.4.1938 and divided between the parishes of Kirkburton and Huddersfield.

Lindley cum Quarmby

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1924

Abolished 1.4.1924 and added to the parish of Huddersfield.

Lingards

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1896

Abolished 30.9.1896 and added to the parish of Slaithwaite.

Linthwaite

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1937

Abolished 1.4.1937 and divided between the parishes of Colne Valley and Huddersfield.

Lockwood

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1924

Abolished 1.4.1924 and added to the parish of Huddersfield.

Longwood

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1924

Abolished 1.4.1924 and added to the parish of Huddersfield. See also Table 2, note (d).

Marsden

Yorkshire West Riding

1898

1937

Created 26.3.1898 from the parishes of Marsden in Almondbury and Marsden in Huddersfield. Abolished 1.4.1937 and added to the parish of Colne Valley.

Marsden in Almondbury

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1898

Abolished 26.3.1898 and added to the parish of Marsden.

Marsden in Huddersfield

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1898

Abolished 26.3.1898 and added to the parish of Marsden.

Meltham

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1939

See Table 2, note (f).

Netherthong

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1921

Abolished 1.4.1921 and added to the parish of Holmfirth.

Scammonden

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1937

Abolished 1.4.1937 and added to the parish of Colne Valley.

Scholes

Yorkshire West Riding

1894

1938

Created 1894 from the parishes of Wooldale, Fulstone and Hepworth. Abolished 1.4.1938 and divided between the parishes of Holmfirth and Dunford.

Shelley

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1938

Abolished 1.4.1938 and added to the parish of Kirkburton.

Shepley

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1938

Abolished 1.4.1938 and added to the parish of Kirkburton.

Skelmanthorpe

Yorkshire West Riding

1876

1939

Created 29.9.1876 from parts of the parishes of Cumberworth and Cumberworth Half. See also Table 2, note (f).

Slaithwaite

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1937

Abolished 1.4.1937 and added to the parish of Colne Valley.

South Crosland

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1938

Abolished 1.4.1938 and divided between the parishes of Huddersfield, Meltham and Holmfirth.

South Holme

Yorkshire West Riding

1894

1895

Created 1894 out of the parish of Holme. Abolished 1.10.1895 and added to the parish of Holme.

Thurstonland

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1925

Abolished 1.4.1925 and added to the parish of Thurstonland & Farnley Tyas.

Thurstonland & Farnley Tyas

Yorkshire West Riding

1925

1938

Created 1.4.1925 from the separate parishes of Thurstonland and Farnley Tayas. Abolished 1.4.1938 and divided between the parishes of Kirkburton and Holmfirth.

Upperthong

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1921

Abolished 1.4.1921 and added to the parish of Holmfirth.

Whitley Upper

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1938

Abolished 1.4.1938 and added to the parish of Kirkburton.

Wooldale

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1921

Abolished 1.4.1921 and added to the parish of Holmfirth.


Table 1B: List of Places in Huddersfield Registration District (1974–2012)

All the areas in Huddersfield registration district became part of the county of West Yorkshire on 1.4.1974.

Civil Parish
 (*or Unparished Area)

County

From

To

Comments

Denby Dale

West Yorkshire

1974

2012

Created 1.4.1974 from the parishes of Clayton West, Denby, Emley and Skelmanthorpe. See also Table 2, notes (g), (h), (i) and (j).

Holmfirth

West Yorkshire

1974

1976

Renamed 1.4.1976 to become the parish of Holme Valley. See also Table 2, note (g).

Holme Valley

West Yorkshire

1976

2012

Created 1.4.1976 by renaming the parish of Holmfirth. See also Table 2, notes (g) and (j).

Kirkburton

West Yorkshire

1974

2012

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

Kirklees*

West Yorkshire

1974

2012

That part of the unparished area which until 1.4.1974 formed the parishes of Colne Valley and Huddersfield. See also Table 2, note (j).

Meltham

West Yorkshire

1974

2012

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


Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Huddersfield Registration District

Date of Change

Note

Description of Change

Population transferred

15.7.1843

(a)

Gained the parish of Cumberworth from Ecclesfield registration district.

1867 in 1841

25.3.1883

(b)

Lost a detached part of the parish of Cumberworth (which was added to the parish of Denby on 25.3.1883) to Wortley registration district.

98 in 1891

25.3.1885

(c)

Gained part of the parish of Cumberworth (which until 25.3.1885 formed a detached part of the parish of Denby) from Wortley registration district.

12 in 1891

1.1.1914

(d)

Gained part of the parish of Longwood (which until 9.11.1913 formed part of the parish of Stainland with Old Lindley) from Halifax registration district.

0 in 1911

1.4.1938

(e)

Gained parts of the parish of Huddersfield (which until 1.4.1937 formed parts of the parishes of Brighouse, Fixby and Stainland with Old Lindley) from Halifax registration district.

475 in 1931

1.7.1939

(f)

Lost the parishes of Colne Valley, Cumberworth, Dunford, Holmfirth, Kirkburton, Kirkheaton, Meltham and Skelmanthorpe, to Upper Agbrigg registration district.

72448 in 1931

1.4.1974

(g)

Gained part of the Kirklees unparished area (which until 1.4.1974 formed the parish of Colne Valley) and the parishes of Denby Dale, Holmfirth, Kirkburton and Meltham, from Upper Agbrigg registration district.

77834 in 1971

1.4.1993

(h)

Lost parts of the parish of Denby Dale (which became parts of the parishes of Dunford and High Hoyland) from Barnsley registration district.

n/a

(i)

Gained parts of the parish of Denby Dale (which until 1.4.1993 formed parts of the parishes of Gunthwaite & Ingbirchworth and High Hoyland) from Barnsley registration district.

n/a

11.10.2012

(j)

Lost the part in the Kirklees unparished area and the parishes of Denby Dale, Holme Valley, Kirkburton and Meltham, to Kirklees registration district.

n/a


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