Hemsworth Registration District

HEMSWORTH REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Yorkshire West Riding.
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).
Sub-districts : Hemsworth, Hemsworth Eastern, Hemsworth Western
GRO volumes : XXII (1850–51), 9c (1852–1946), 2B (1946–74).
Registers now held by : Wakefield (Wakefield), Wakefield (Pontefract), Barnsley, North Yorkshire and Doncaster.

Table 1: List of Places in Hemsworth Registration District

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Ackworth	Yorkshire West Riding	1850	1974	See Table 2, notes (b) and (j).
Badsworth	Yorkshire West Riding	1850	1974	See Table 2, notes (b) and (j).
Billingley	Yorkshire West Riding	1947	1974	See Table 2, notes (h) and (i).
Brierley	Yorkshire West Riding	1850	1974	See Table 2, notes (a) and (i).
Great Houghton	Yorkshire West Riding	1850	1974	See Table 2, notes (a) and (i).
Hamphall Stubbs	Yorkshire West Riding	1850	1938	Abolished 1.4.1938 to become part of the parish of Hampole. See also Table 2, notes (b) and (c).
Havercroft with Cold Hiendley	Yorkshire West Riding	1850	1974	See Table 2, notes (a) and (j).
Hemsworth	Yorkshire West Riding	1850	1974	See Table 2, notes (b) and (j).
Hessle	Yorkshire West Riding	1850	1888	Abolished 24.3.1888 to become part of the parish of Hessle with Hill Top.
Hessle & Hill Top	Yorkshire West Riding	1888	1974	Created 24.3.1888 out of the parishes of Hessle, Hill Top, and Wintersett. See also Table 2, notes (b) and (j).
Hill Top	Yorkshire West Riding	1850	1888	Abolished 24.3.1888 to become part of the parish of Hessle with Hill Top.
Huntwick with Foulby & Nostell	Yorkshire West Riding	1850	1974	See Table 2, notes (b), (e), (f) and (j).
Kirk Smeaton	Yorkshire West Riding	1850	1974	See Table 2, notes (b) and (k).
Little Houghton	Yorkshire West Riding	1850	1974	See Table 2, notes (a) and (i).
Little Smeaton	Yorkshire West Riding	1850	1974	See Table 2, notes (b) and (k).
North Elmsall	Yorkshire West Riding	1850	1974	See Table 2, notes (b) and (j).
Ryhill	Yorkshire West Riding	1850	1974	See Table 2, notes (a) and (j).
Shafton	Yorkshire West Riding	1850	1974	See Table 2, notes (a) and (i).
Skelbrooke	Yorkshire West Riding	1850	1938	Abolished 1.4.1938 to become part of the parish of Hampole. See also Table 2, notes (a) and (c).
South Elmsall	Yorkshire West Riding	1850	1974	See Table 2, notes (b) and (j).
South Hiendley	Yorkshire West Riding	1850	1974	See Table 2, notes (a) and (j).
South Kirkby	Yorkshire West Riding	1850	1974	See Table 2, notes (b) and (j).
Thorpe Audlin	Yorkshire West Riding	1850	1974	See Table 2, notes (b) and (j).
Upton	Yorkshire West Riding	1850	1974	See Table 2, notes (b) and (j).
Walden Stubbs	Yorkshire West Riding	1850	1974	See Table 2, notes (b) and (k).
West Hardwick	Yorkshire West Riding	1850	1974	See Table 2, notes (b) and (g).
Wintersett	Yorkshire West Riding	1850	1946	See Table 2, notes (a), (d) and (j).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Hemsworth Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
11.11.1850 (created)	(a)	Gained the townships of Brierley, Great Houghton, Havercroft with Cold Hiendley, Little Houghton, Ryhill, Shafton, South Hiendley, and Wintersett, from Barnsley registration district.
11.11.1850 (created)	(b)	Gained the townships 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, from Pontefract registration district.
1.1.1947	(c)	Lost the parishes of Hamphall Stubbs and Skelbrooke (which became parts of the parish of Hampole on 1.4.1939) to Don Valley registration district.	129 in 1931
	(d)	Lost the parish of Wintersett to Lower Agbrigg registration district.	67 in 1931
	(e)	Lost part of the parish of Huntwick with Foulby & Nostell (which became part of the parish of Featherstone on 1.4.1938) to Pontefract registration district.	0 in 1931
	(f)	Gained part of the parish of Huntwick with Foulby & Nostell (which until 1.4.1938 formed part of the parish of Syndale) from Pontefract registration district.	0 in 1931
	(g)	Lost part of the parish of West Hardwick (which became part of the parish of Featherstone on 1.4.1938) to Pontefract registration district.	2 in 1931
	(h)	Gained the parish of Billingley from Staincross registration district.	151 in 1931
1.4.1974 (abolished)	(i)	Lost the parishes of Billingley, Brierley, Great Houghton, Little Houghton, and Shafton (which were transferred from Yorkshire West Riding to the county of South Yorkshire on 1.4.1974) to Barnsley registration district.	13070 in 1971
	(j)	Lost 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 (which were transferred from Yorkshire West Riding to the county of West Yorkshire on 1.4.1974) to Pontefract registration district.	52070 in 1971
	(k)	Lost the parishes of Kirk Smeaton, Little Smeaton, and Walden Stubbs (which were transferred from Yorkshire West Riding to the county of North Yorkshire on 1.4.1974) to Selby registration district.	573 in 1971

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