Huddersfield Registration District

HUDDERSFIELD REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Yorkshire West Riding (1837-1974); West Yorkshire (from 1974).
Created : 1.7.1837.
Sub-districts : Almondbury, Golcar, Holmfirth, Honley, Huddersfield, Huddersfield First, Huddersfield Second, Kirkburton, Kirkheaton, Lockwood, Meltham, Newmill, Slaithwaite,
GRO volumes : XXII (1837-51), 9a (1852-1946), 2B (1946-74), 4 (1974-92).
Registers currently held at : Huddersfield.

Table 1A: List of Places in Huddersfield Registration District (1837-1974)

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Almondbury	Yorkshire West Riding	1837	1924	Abolished 1.4.1924 to become part of the parish of Huddersfield.
Austonley	Yorkshire West Riding	1837	1921	Abolished 1.4.1921 to become part of the parish of Holmfirth.
Cartworth	Yorkshire West Riding	1837	1921	Abolished 1.4.1921 to become part of the parish of Holmfirth.
Colne Valley	Yorkshire West Riding	1937	1939	Created 1.4.1937 out of the parishes of Golcar, Marston, Linthwaite, Slaithwaite, and Scammonden. See also Table 2, note (f).
Cumberworth	Yorkshire West Riding	1843	1939	See Table 2, notes (a), (b), (c) and (f).
Cumberworth Half	Yorkshire West Riding	1837	1876	Abolished 23.2.1876 and divided between Skelmanthorpe and Cumberworth
Dalton	Yorkshire West Riding	1837	1924	Abolished 1.4.1924 to become part of the parish of Huddersfield.
Dunford	Yorkshire West Riding	1938	1939	Created 1.4.1938 out of the parishes of Thurlstone, Hepworth, Scholes, Fulstone, and Holme.
Farnley Tyas	Yorkshire West Riding	1837	1925	Abolished 1.4.1925 to become part of the parish of Thurstonland & Farnley Tyas.
Fulstone	Yorkshire West Riding	1837	1938	Abolished 1.4.1938 to become parts of the parishes of Holmfirth and Dunford.
Golcar	Yorkshire West Riding	1837	1937	Abolished 1.4.1937 to become part of the parish of Huddersfield.
Hepworth	Yorkshire West Riding	1837	1938	Abolished 1.4.1938 to become parts of the parishes of Holmfirth and Dunford.
Holme	Yorkshire West Riding	1837	1938	Abolished 1.4.1938 to become parts of the parishes of Holmfirth and Dunford.
Holmfirth	Yorkshire West Riding	1921	1939	Created 1.4.1921 from the parishes of Wooldale, Upperthong, Cartworth, Netherthong, and Austonley. See also Table 2, note (f).
Honley	Yorkshire West Riding	1837	1938	Abolished 1.4.1938 to become part of the parish of Holmfirth.
Huddersfield	Yorkshire West Riding	1837	1974	Abolished 1.4.1974 to become an unparished area. See also Table 2, note (e).
Kirkburton	Yorkshire West Riding	1837	1939	See Table 2, note (f).
Kirkheaton	Yorkshire West Riding	1837	1938	Abolished 1.4.1938 to become parts of the parishes of Kirkburton and Huddersfield.
Lepton	Yorkshire West Riding	1837	1938	Abolished 1.4.1938 to become parts of the parishes of Kirkburton and Huddersfield.
Lindley cum Quarmby	Yorkshire West Riding	1837	1924	Abolished 1.4.1924 to become part of the parish of Huddersfield.
Lingards	Yorkshire West Riding	1837	1896	Abolished 30.9.1896 to become part of the parish of Slaithwaite.
Linthwaite	Yorkshire West Riding	1837	1937	Abolished 1.4.1937 to become parts of the parishes of Colne Valley and Huddersfield.
Lockwood	Yorkshire West Riding	1837	1924	Abolished 1.4.1924 to become part of the parish of Huddersfield.
Longwood	Yorkshire West Riding	1837	1924	Abolished 1.4.1924 to become part of the parish of Huddersfield. See also Table 2, note (d).
Marsden	Yorkshire West Riding	1898	1937	Created 26.3.1898 from the parishes of Marsden in Almondbury and Marsden in Huddersfield. Abolished 1.4.1937 to become part of the parish of Colne Valley.
Marsden in Almondbury	Yorkshire West Riding	1837	1898	Abolished 26.3.1898 to become part of the parish of Marsden.
Marsden in Huddersfield	Yorkshire West Riding	1837	1898	Abolished 26.3.1898 to become part of the parish of Marsden.
Meltham	Yorkshire West Riding	1837	1939	See Table 2, note (f).
Netherthong	Yorkshire West Riding	1837	1921	Abolished 1.4.1921 to become part of the parish of Holmfirth.
Scammonden	Yorkshire West Riding	1837	1937	Abolished 1.4.1937 to become part of the parish of Colne Valley.
Scholes	Yorkshire West Riding	1894	1938	Created 1894 from the parishes of Wooldale, Fulstone, and Hepworth. Abolished 1.4.1938 to become parts of the parishes of Holmfirth and Dunford.
Shelley	Yorkshire West Riding	1837	1938	Abolished 1.4.1938 to become part of the parish of Kirkburton.
Shepley	Yorkshire West Riding	1837	1938	Abolished 1.4.1938 to become part of the parish of Kirkburton.
Skelmanthorpe	Yorkshire West Riding	1876	1939	Created 23.2.1876 from parts of Cumberworth Half and Skelmanthorpe. See also Table 2, note (f).
Slaithwaite	Yorkshire West Riding	1837	1937	Abolished 1.4.1937 to become part of the parish of Colne Valley.
South Crosland	Yorkshire West Riding	1837	1938	Abolished 1.4.1938 to become parts of the parishes of Huddersfield, Meltham, and Holmfirth.
South Holme	Yorkshire West Riding	1894	1895	Created 1894 out of the parish of Holme. Abolished 1.10.1895 to become part of the parish of Holme.
Thurstonland	Yorkshire West Riding	1837	1925	Abolished 1.4.1925 to become part of the parish of Thurstonland & Farnley Tyas.
Thurstonland & Farnley Tyas	Yorkshire West Riding	1925	1938	Created 1.4.1925 from the separate parishes of Thurstonland and Farnley Tayas. Abolished 1.4.1938 to become parts of the parishes of Kirkburton and Holmfirth.
Upperthong	Yorkshire West Riding	1837	1921	Abolished 1.4.1921 to become part of the parish of Holmfirth.
Whitley Upper	Yorkshire West Riding	1837	1938	Abolished 1.4.1938 to become part of the parish of Kirkburton.
Wooldale	Yorkshire West Riding	1837	1921	Abolished 1.4.1921 to become part of the parish of Holmfirth.

Table 1B: List of Places in Huddersfield Registration District (from 1974)

All the areas in Huddersfield registration district became part of the county of West Yorkshire on 1.4.1974.

Civil Parish (or Unparished Area)	County	From	To	Comments
Colne Valley	West Yorkshire	1974		Unparished area which until 1.4.1974 formed the parish and urban district of Colne Valley. See also Table 2, note (g).
Denby Dale	West Yorkshire	1974		Created 1.4.1974 from the parishes of Clayton West, Denby, Emley, and Skelmanthorpe. See also Table 2, note (g).
Holmfirth	West Yorkshire	1974	1976	Renamed 1.4.1976 to become the parish of Holme Valley. See also Table 2, note (g).
Holme Valley	West Yorkshire	1976		Created 1.4.1976 by renaming the parish of Holmfirth. See also Table 2, note (g).
Huddersfield	West Yorkshire	1974		Unparished area which until 1.4.1974 formed the parish and county borough of Huddersfield.
Kirkburton	West Yorkshire	1974		See Table 2, note (g).
Meltham	West Yorkshire	1974		See Table 2, note (g).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Huddersfield Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
15.7.1843	(a)	Gained the parish of Cumberworth from Ecclesfield registration district.	1867 in 1841
25.3.1885	(b)	Lost a detached part of the parish of Cumberworth, including Denby Dale (which became part of the parish of Denby on 25.3.1885) to Wortley registration district.	98 in 1891
25.3.1885	(c)	Gained part of the parish of Cumberworth (which until 25.3.1885 formed a detached part of the parish of Denby, including Polygon Terrace) from Wortley registration district.	12 in 1891
1.1.1914	(d)	Gained part of the parish of Longwood (which until 9.11.1913 formed part of the parish of Stainland with Old Lindley) from Halifax registration district.	0 in 1911
1.4.1938	(e)	Gained parts of the parish of Huddersfield (which until 1.4.1937 formed parts of the parishes of Brighouse, Fixby, and Stainland with Old Lindley) from Halifax registration district.	475 in 1931
1.7.1939	(f)	Lost the parishes of Colne Valley, Cumberworth, Dunford, Holmfirth, Kirkburton, Kirkheaton, Meltham, and Skelmanthorpe, to Upper Agbrigg registration district.	72448 in 1931
1.4.1974	(g)	Gained the parishes of Denby Dale, Holmfirth, Kirkburton, and Meltham, and the unparished area of Colne Valley (which were transferred from Yorkshire West Riding to the county of West Yorkshire on 1.4.1974) from Upper Agbrigg registration district.	77834 in 1971

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