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The list below shows the civil registration districts in Yorkshire West Riding between 1837 and 1974. The same districts were used to compile the census returns for the years 1851 to 1911.
For the purposes of these pages "Yorkshire West Riding" refers to:
The county of Yorkshire West Riding was abolished on 1.4.1974 to become parts of the counties of West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, Cumbria, Lancashire, Greater Manchester, and Humberside.
Click on a district name to see the places and dates covered, or see the Index of Place Names for the whole of England and Wales.
Registration District |
Registration County |
From |
To |
Comments |
Barkston Ash | Yorkshire West Riding |
1947 |
1974 |
Created 1.1.1947 out of Tadcaster, Wetherby, Selby, Pontefract, and Knaresborough registration districts. Abolished 1.4.1974 to become part of Leeds, York, Selby, and Claro registration districts. |
Barnsley | Yorkshire West Riding |
1850 |
1974 |
Created 28.3.1850 out of Ecclesfield registration district. |
Bradford | Yorkshire West Riding |
1837 |
1974 |
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Bramham | Yorkshire West Riding |
1862 |
1869 |
Created 28.5.1862 out of Tadcaster registration district. Abolished 21.8.1869 to become part of Wetherby and Tadcaster registration districts. |
Bramley | Yorkshire West Riding |
1863 |
1925 |
Created 5.2.1863 out of Kirkstall registration district. Abolished 1.10.1925 to become part of Bramley & Holbeck registration district. |
Bramley & Holbeck | Yorkshire West Riding |
1925 |
1929 |
Created 1.10.1925 from Bramley and Holbeck registration districts. Abolished 1.3.1929 to become part of Leeds South registration district. |
Burnley | Lancashire |
1837 |
1895 |
Partly in Yorkshire West Riding until 1.6.1895. |
Calder | Yorkshire West Riding |
1938 |
1974 |
Created 1.4.1938 out of Halifax registration district. Abolished 1.4.1974 to become part of Halifax and Bradford registration districts. |
Castleford | Yorkshire West Riding |
1862 |
1868 |
Created 30.5.1862 out of Pontefract registration district. Abolished 1.1.1868 to become part of Pontefract registration district. |
Claro | Yorkshire West Riding |
1947 |
1974 |
Created 1.1.1947 out of Knaresborough, Ripon, Great Ouseburn, Pateley Bridge, and Wetherby registration districts. |
Clitheroe | Lancashire |
1837 |
1937 |
Partly in Yorkshire West Riding until 1.4.1937. |
Dewsbury | Yorkshire West Riding |
1837 |
1974 |
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Doncaster | Yorkshire West Riding |
1837 |
1974 |
|
Don Valley | Yorkshire West Riding |
1938 |
1974 |
Created 1.7.1938 out of Doncaster registration district. Abolished 1.4.1974 to become part of Doncaster and Barnsley registration districts. |
Ecclesall Bierlow | Yorkshire West Riding |
1837 |
1935 |
Abolished 1.4.1935 to become part of Sheffield and Chesterfield registration districts. |
Ecclesfield | Yorkshire West Riding |
1837 |
1850 |
Abolished 28.3.1850 to become part of Barnsley, Wortley and Wakefield registration districts. |
Ewecross | Yorkshire West Riding |
1947 |
1974 |
Created 1.1.1947 out of Settle and Skipton registration districts. |
Goole | Yorkshire West Riding |
1837 |
1974 |
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Great Ouseburn | Yorkshire West Riding |
1854 |
1946 |
Created 5.8.1854 out of Knaresborough and Ripon, York and Easingwold districts. Abolished 1.1.1947 to become part of Claro registration district. |
Halifax | Yorkshire West Riding |
1837 |
1974 |
|
Hemsworth | Yorkshire West Riding |
1850 |
1974 |
Created 11.11.1850 out of Barnsley and Pontefract registration districts. Abolished 1.4.1974 to become part of Pontefract, Barnsley, and Selby registration districts. |
Holbeck | Yorkshire West Riding |
1862 |
1925 |
Created 16.10.1862 out of Hunslet registration district. Abolished 1.10.1925 to become part of Bramley & Holbeck registration district. |
Huddersfield | Yorkshire West Riding |
1837 |
1974 |
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Hunslet | Yorkshire West Riding |
1845 |
1929 |
Created 13.1.1845 out of Leeds registration district. Abolished 1.3.1929 to become part of Leeds South registration district. |
Keighley | Yorkshire West Riding |
1837 |
1946 |
Abolished 1.1.1947 to become part of Worth Valley and Staincliffe registration districts. |
Kirkdeighton | Yorkshire West Riding |
1861 |
1869 |
Created 28.6.1861 out of Wetherby registration district. Abolished 21.8.1869 to become part of Great Ouseburn and Wetherby registration districts. |
Kirkstall | Yorkshire West Riding |
1862 |
1869 |
Created 8.11.1862 out of Hunslet registration district. Abolished 21.8.1869 to become part of Bramley, Leeds, Hunslet, Holbeck, Tadcaster and Wetherby registration districts. |
Knaresborough | Yorkshire West Riding |
1837 |
1946 |
Abolished 1.1.1947 to become part of Claro and Barkston Ash registration districts. |
Leeds | Yorkshire West Riding |
1837 |
1929 |
Abolished 1.3.1929 to become by Leeds North registration district. |
Leeds | Yorkshire West Riding |
1939 |
1974 |
Created 1.4.1939 out of Leeds North, Leeds South, Tadcaster, Wetherby and Wharfedale registration districts. |
Leeds North | Yorkshire West Riding |
1929 |
1939 |
Created 1.3.1929 by renaming Leeds registration district. Abolished 1.4.1939 to become part of Leeds registration district. |
Leeds South | Yorkshire West Riding |
1929 |
1939 |
Created 1.3.1929 from Bramley & Holbeck and Hunslet registration districts. Abolished 1.4.1939 to become part of Leeds registration district. |
Lower Agbrigg | Yorkshire West Riding |
1939 |
1974 |
Created 1.1.1939 out of Wakefield registration district. Abolished 1.4.1974 to become part of Wakefield and Leeds registration districts. |
North Bierley | Yorkshire West Riding |
1892 |
1939 |
Created 1.1.1892 out of Bradford registration district. Abolished 1.1.1939 to become part of Bradford, Keighley, Wharfedale, Spen Valley, and Leeds South registration districts |
Otley | Yorkshire West Riding |
1837 |
1869 |
Abolished 21.8.1869 to become part of Wharfedale and Wetherby registration districts. |
Pateley Bridge | Yorkshire West Riding |
1837 |
1946 |
Abolished 1.1.1947 to become part of Claro registration district. |
Penistone | Yorkshire West Riding |
1911 |
1946 |
Created 1.1.1911 out of Wortley registration district. Abolished 1.1.1947 to become part of Staincross and Upper Agbrigg registration districts. |
Pontefract | Yorkshire West Riding |
1837 |
1974 |
|
Ripon | Yorkshire West Riding |
1837 |
1946 |
Abolished 1.1.1947 to become part of Claro registration district. |
Rotherham | Yorkshire West Riding |
1837 |
1974 |
|
Rother Valley | Yorkshire West Riding |
1938 |
1974 |
Created 1.4.1938 out of Rotherham registration district. Abolished 1.4.1974 to become part of Rotherham registration district. |
Saddleworth | Yorkshire West Riding |
1837 |
1974 |
Abolished 1.4.1974 to become part of Oldham registration district. |
Sedbergh | Yorkshire West Riding |
1837 |
1974 |
Abolished 1.4.1974 to become part of Kendal registration district. |
Selby | Yorkshire West Riding |
1837 |
1974 |
|
Settle | Yorkshire West Riding |
1837 |
1946 |
Abolished 1.1.1947 to become part of Ewecross and Staincliffe registration district. |
Sheffield | Yorkshire West Riding |
1837 |
1974 |
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Skipton | Yorkshire West Riding |
1837 |
1946 |
Abolished 1.1.1947 to become part of Staincliffe and Ewecross registration districts. |
Spen Valley | Yorkshire West Riding |
1939 |
1974 |
Created 1.1.1939 out of Dewsbury and North Bierley registration districts. Abolished 1.4.1974 to become part of Dewsbury and Leeds registration districts. |
Staincliffe | Yorkshire West Riding |
1947 |
1974 |
Created 1.1.1947 out of Skipton, Keighley and Settle registration districts. |
Staincross | Yorkshire West Riding |
1938 |
1974 |
Created 1.7.1938 out of Barnsley registration district. Abolished 1.4.1974 to become part of Barnsley registration district. |
Tadcaster | Yorkshire West Riding |
1837 |
1946 |
Abolished 1.1.1947 to become part of Barkston Ash and Pontefract registration districts. |
Thorne | Yorkshire West Riding |
1837 |
1946 |
Abolished 1.1.1947 to become part of Don Valley registration district. |
Todmorden | Yorkshire West Riding |
1837 |
1974 |
|
Upper Agbrigg | Yorkshire West Riding |
1939 |
1974 |
Created 1.7.1939 out of Huddersfield registration district. Abolished 1.4.1974 to become part of Huddersfield registration district. |
Wakefield | Yorkshire West Riding |
1837 |
1974 |
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Wetherby | Yorkshire West Riding |
1854 |
1946 |
Created 5.8.1854 out of Knaresborough registration district. Abolished 1.1.1947 to become part of Barkston Ash and Claro registration districts. |
Wharfedale | Yorkshire West Riding |
1861 |
1974 |
Created 4.6.1861 out of Hunslet and Otley registration districts. |
Worksop | Nottinghamshire |
1837 |
1936 |
Partly in Yorkshire West Riding until 1.1.1937. |
Worth Valley | Yorkshire West Riding |
1947 |
1974 |
Created 1.1.1947 out of Keighley registration district. Abolished 1.4.1974 to become part of Worth Valley and Bradford registration districts. |
Wortley | Yorkshire West Riding |
1838 |
1974 |
Created 1.10.1838. out of Ecclesfield registration district. Abolished 1.4.1974 to become part of Sheffield and Barnsley registration districts). |
York | Yorkshire West Riding |
1837 |
1974 |
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