Wharfedale Registration District

WHARFEDALE REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Yorkshire West Riding.
Created : 4.6.1861 (out of Hunslet and Otley registration districts).
Sub-districts : Aireborough, Fewston, Horsforth, Ilkley, Otley, Pudsey, Pudsey & Horsforth, Wharfe, Yeadon
GRO volumes : 9a (1861–1946), 2D (1946–74).
Registers now held by : Leeds, North Yorkshire and Bradford & Keighley.

Table 1: List of Places in Wharfedale Registration District

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Adel cum Eccup	Yorkshire West Riding	1869	1926	Abolished 1.4.1926 and incorporated into the parishes of Eccup and Leeds. See also Table 2, notes (d) and (e).
Aireborough	Yorkshire West Riding	1937	1974	Created 1.4.1937 out of the parishes of Yeadon, Guiseley, Rawdon, Menston, Hawksworth, Esholt, and Otley.
Alwoodley	Yorkshire West Riding	1861	1928	Abolished 1.4.1928 and incorporated into the parish of Leeds. See also Table 2, note (a).
Arthington	Yorkshire West Riding	1869	1974	See Table 2, notes (d) and (g).
Askwith	Yorkshire West Riding	1869	1974	See Table 2, note (d).
Baildon	Yorkshire West Riding	1869	1974	See Table 2, note (d).
Blubberhouses	Yorkshire West Riding	1861	1974	See Table 2, note (a).
Bramhope	Yorkshire West Riding	1861	1974	See Table 2, notes (a) and (i).
Burley in Wharfedale	Yorkshire West Riding	1869	1937	Abolished 1.4.1937 and incorporated into the parish of Ilkley. See also Table 2, note (d).
Carlton	Yorkshire West Riding	1869	1974	See Table 2, note (d).
Castley	Yorkshire West Riding	1861	1974	See Table 2, note (a).
Clifton with Norwood	Yorkshire West Riding	1861	1950	Abolished 1.11.1950 and renamed Norwood. See also Table 2, note (a).
Denton	Yorkshire West Riding	1869	1974	See Table 2, note (d).
Eccup	Yorkshire West Riding	1926	1928	Created 1.4.1926 out of the parish of Adel cum Eccup. Abolished 1.4.1928 and incorporated into the parish of Leeds.
Esholt	Yorkshire West Riding	1861	1937	Abolished 1.4.1937 and incorporated into the parishes of Idle, Aireborough, and Baildon. See also Table 2, note (a).
Farnley	Yorkshire West Riding	1861	1974	See Table 2, note (a).
Fewston	Yorkshire West Riding	1861	1974	See Table 2, note (a).
Great Timble	Yorkshire West Riding	1861	1974	See Table 2, note (a).
Guiseley	Yorkshire West Riding	1861	1937	Abolished 1.4.1937 and incorporated into the parishes of Aireborough and Ilkley. See also Table 2, note (a).
Hawksworth	Yorkshire West Riding	1869	1937	Abolished 1.4.1937 and incorporated into the parishes of Aireborough, Baildon, and Ilkley. See also Table 2, note (d).
Horsforth	Yorkshire West Riding	1861	1974	See Table 2, notes (b) and (h).
Ilkley	Yorkshire West Riding	1869	1974	See Table 2, note (d).
Leathley	Yorkshire West Riding	1861	1974	See Table 2, note (a).
Lindley	Yorkshire West Riding	1861	1974	See Table 2, note (a).
Little Timble	Yorkshire West Riding	1861	1974	See Table 2, note (a).
Menston	Yorkshire West Riding	1869	1937	Abolished 1.4.1937 and incorporated into the parishes of Ilkley, Aireborough, and Otley. See also Table 2, note (d).
Middleton	Yorkshire West Riding	1869	1974	See Table 2, note (d).
Nesfield with Langbar	Yorkshire West Riding	1869	1974	See Table 2, note (c).
Newall with Clifton	Yorkshire West Riding	1861	1974	See Table 2, note (a).
Norwood	Yorkshire West Riding	1950	1974	Created 1.11.1950 by renaming the parish of Clifton with Norwood.
Otley	Yorkshire West Riding	1869	1974	See Table 2, note (d).
Pool	Yorkshire West Riding	1861	1974	See Table 2, note (a).
Pudsey	Yorkshire West Riding	1939	1974	See Table 2, note (f).
Rawdon	Yorkshire West Riding	1869	1937	Abolished 1.4.1937 and incorporated into the parishes of Aireborough, Horsforth, and Idle. See also Table 2, note (d).
Stainburn	Yorkshire West Riding	1861	1974	See Table 2, note (a).
Weston	Yorkshire West Riding	1869	1974	See Table 2, note (d).
Yeadon	Yorkshire West Riding	1861	1937	Abolished 1.4.1937 and incorporated into the parishes of Aireborough and Idle. See also Table 2, note (a).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Wharfedale Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
4.6.1861 (created)	(a)	Gained the parishes of Alwoodley, Blubberhouses, Bramhope, Castley, Clifton with Norwood, Esholt, Farnley, Fewston, Great Timble, Guiseley, Leathley, Lindley, Little Timble, Newall with Clifton, Pool, Stainburn, and Yeadon, from Otley registration district.	3134 in 1861
4.6.1861 (created)	(b)	Gained the parish of Horsforth from Hunslet registration district.	5281 in 1861
13.8.1869	(c)	Gained the parish of Nesfield with Langbar from Skipton registration district.	188 in 1861
13.8.1869	(d)	Gained the parishes of Adel cum Eccup, Arthington, Askwith, Baildon, Burley in Wharfedale, Carlton, Denton, Hawksworth, Ilkley, Menston, Middleton, Otley, Rawdon, and Weston, from Otley registration district.	17052 in 1861
1.4.1926	(e)	Lost part of the parish of Adel cum Eccup (which became part of the parish of Leeds on 1.4.1926) to Leeds registration district.	987 in 1921
1.1.1939	(f)	Gained the parish of Pudsey from North Bierley registration district.	24574 in 1931
1.4.1939	(g)	Lost part of the parish of Arthington (which became part of the parish of Leeds on 1.4.1937) to Leeds registration district.	0 in 1931
	(h)	Lost part of the parish of Horsforth (which became part of the parish of Leeds on 1.4.1937) to Leeds registration district.	0 in 1931
	(i)	Gained part of the parish of Bramhope (which until 1.4.1937 formed part of the parish of Leeds) from Leeds North registration district.	0 in 1931

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