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LEEDS REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Yorkshire West Riding.
Created : 1.7.1837.
Abolished : 1.3.1929 (renamed by Leeds North registration district).
Re-created : 1.4.1939 (out of Leeds North, Leeds South, Tadcaster, Wetherby and Wharfedale registration districts).
Sub-districts : Blenheim, Burmantofts, Chapeltown, Kirkstall, Leeds, Leeds Central, Leeds East, Leeds North, Leeds South, Leeds West, North Leeds, North East Leeds, St. Jamess North, St. Jamess South, St. Marys, South Leeds, South East Leeds, West Leeds, Westfield
GRO volumes : XXIII (1837–51), 9b (1852–1929), 9b (1939–46), 2C (1946–74).
Registers now held by : Leeds.

Table 1A: List of Places in Leeds Registration District (1837–1929)

Civil Parish

County

From

To

Comments

Armley

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1845

See Table 2, note (a).

Austhorpe

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1845

See Table 2, note (a).

Beeston

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1845

See Table 2, note (a).

Bramley

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1845

See Table 2, note (a).

Chapel Allerton

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1845

Abolished 26.3.1904 and incorporated into the parish of Leeds. See also Table 2, notes (a) and (b).

1869

1904

Churwell

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1845

See Table 2, note (a).

Farnley

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1845

See Table 2, note (a).

Gildersome

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1845

See Table 2, note (a).

Headingley with Burley

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1845

Abolished 26.3.1904 and incorporated into the parish of Leeds. See also Table 2, notes (a) and (b).

1869

1904

Holbeck

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1845

See Table 2, note (a).

Horsforth

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1845

See Table 2, note (a).

Hunslet

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1845

See Table 2, note (a).

Leeds

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1929

Excluding those parts of the parish of Leeds which after 1.4.1925 were included in Bramley and Holbeck registration districts. See also Table 2, notes (d) to (h).

Lofthouse with Carlton

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1845

See Table 2, note (a).

Middleton

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1845

See Table 2, note (a).

Potter Newton

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1845

Abolished 26.3.1904 and incorporated into the parish of Leeds. See also Table 2, notes (a) and (b).

1869

1904

Roundhay

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1845

Abolished 9.11.1912 and incorporated into the parish of Leeds. See also Table 2, notes (a) and (b).

1869

1912

Seacroft

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1845

Abolished 9.11.1912 and incorporated into the parish of Leeds. See also Table 2, notes (a), (b) and (c).

1869

1912

Shadwell

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1845

See Table 2, note (a).

Swillington

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1845

See Table 2, note (a).

Templenewsam

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1845

See Table 2, note (a).

Thorpe Stapleton

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1845

See Table 2, note (a).

Wortley

Yorkshire West Riding

1837

1845

See Table 2, note (a).

Table 1B: List of Places in Leeds Registration District (1939–74)

Civil Parish

County

From

To

Comments

Leeds

Yorkshire West Riding

1939

1974

See Table 2, notes (i) to (n).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Leeds Registration District

Date of Change

Note

Description of Change

Population transferred

13.1.1845

(a)

Lost the parishes and townships of Armley, Austhorpe, Beeston, Bramley, Chapel Allerton, Churwell, Farnley, Gildersome, Headingley with Burley, Holbeck, Horsforth, Hunslet, Lofthouse with Carlton, Middleton, Potter Newton, Roundhay, Seacroft, Shadwell, Swillington, Templenewsam, Thorpe Stapleton, and Wortley, to create Hunslet registration district.

79955 in 1841

6.8.1869

(b)

Gained the parishes of Chapel Allerton, Headingley with Burley, Potter Newton, Roundhay, and Seacroft, from Kirkstall registration district.

16490 in 1861

25.3.1885

(c)

Gained part of the parish of Seacroft (which until 25.3.1885 formed a detached part of the parish of Shadwell, including Roundhay) from Wetherby registration district.

12 in 1891

1.2.1913

(d)

Gained part of the parish of Leeds (which until 9.11.1912 formed part of the parish of Barwick in Elmet) from Tadcaster registration district.

2207 in 1921

(e)

Gained part of the parish of Leeds (which until 9.11.1912 formed the parish of Shadwell) from Wetherby registration district.

1214 in 1911

1.4.1926

(f)

Gained part of the parish of Leeds (which until 1.4.1926 formed part of the parish of Adel cum Eccup) from Wharfedale registration district.

987 in 1921

1.4.1928

(g)

Gained part of the parish of Leeds (which until 1.4.1928 formed part of the parish of Austhorpe) from Tadcaster registration district.

71 in 1921

1.3.1929
(abolished)

(h)

Lost the constituent part of the parish of Leeds to Leeds North registration district.

270723 in 1931

1.4.1939
(re-created)

(i)

Gained part of the parish of Leeds from Leeds North registration district.

270723 in 1931

(j)

Gained part of the parish of Leeds from Leeds South registration district.

191960 in 1931

(k)

Gained part of the parish of Leeds (which until 1.4.1937 formed parts of the parishes of Austhorpe, Barwick in Elmet, and Swillington) from Tadcaster registration district.

15 in 1931

(l)

Gained part of the parish of Leeds (which until 1.4.1937 formed part of the parish of Wigton) from Wetherby registration district.

0 in 1931

(m)

Gained part of the parish of Leeds (which until 1.4.1937 formed parts of the parishes of Arthington and Horsforth) from Wharfedale registration district.

0 in 1931

1.4.1957

(n)

Gained parts of the parish of Leeds (which until 1.4.1957 formed parts of the parishes of Austhorpe and Barwick in Elmet) from Barkston Ash registration district.

 

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