Registration Districts in Yorkshire West Riding

REGISTRATION DISTRICTS IN YORKSHIRE WEST RIDING

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 West Riding of the ancient county of York (1837-89)
the administrative county of York, West Riding (1889-1974), with the county boroughs of Barnsley (from 1913), Bradford, Dewsbury (from 1913), Doncaster (from 1927), Halifax, Huddersfield, Leeds, Rotherham (from 1902), Sheffield, Wakefield (from 1915), and York.

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
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
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
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
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
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
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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