Our historical statistics are always for precisely defined areas, usually administrative units, not "places". We know about the following units named after Penistone. Each has its own "home page" with much more information. Click on a tick to go directly to a particular statistical theme.

Administrative Area:	Popu- lation	Life+ Death	Indu- stry	Work+ Poverty	Social Class	Hous- ing	Learn +Lang	Roots+ Relig.	Land Use
Penistone RegD/PLU
Penistone UD
Penistone RD
Penistone RSD
Penistone USD
Penistone SubD
Penistone LabMkt
Penistone AP/CP
Penistone EP
Penistone Manor

Be careful! A unit may cover just the town or village, but it may include a big surrounding area. For example, in England and Wales rural districts — units with RD or RSD suffixes — may even exclude the places they are named after. The "Units covering this place" tab lists units whose boundaries contained Penistone.

Election Results

Election results are available for these constituencies associated with Penistone.

Constituencies	Start Date	End Date
West Riding of Yorkshire Penistone PDivCon	1918	1948
Penistone CCon	1949	1982
Penistone and Stocksbridge CCon	2010

Additional constituencies that covered Penistone may be listed on the "Units covering this place" tab.

This website includes information on many different historical units, including census data and other statistics. The boundaries of these units covered Penistone:

Administrative Area:	Popu- lation	Life+ Death	Indu- stry	Work+ Poverty	Social Class	Hous- ing	Learn +Lang	Roots+ Relig.	Land Use
Penistone AP/CP
Penistone UD
West Riding Riding
Wortley RegD
Barnsley District
York County West Riding O41area
Penistone RegD/PLU
West Riding RegC
West Riding AdmC
Yorkshire AncC
South Yorkshire Met.C
Yorkshire and the Humber GovOf
Great Britain Dep
England and Wales Dep

Click on a tick for direct access to that theme.

Election Results

Election results are available for these constituencies which covered Penistone.

Constituencies	Start Date	End Date
Yorkshire West Riding PDivCon	1832	1861
West Riding of Yorkshire Southern PDivCon	1862	1884
West Riding of Yorkshire Southern Part Holmfirth PDivCon	1885	1917
West Riding of Yorkshire Penistone PDivCon	1918	1948
Penistone CCon	1949	1982
Barnsley West and Penistone CCon	1983	2009
Penistone and Stocksbridge CCon	2010

Please note that these units are listed here because their boundaries covered the point location we hold for Penistone. You can search for units that covered the particular location you are interested in by typing a postcode into our home page, or by using our Historic maps section, zooming in, selecting the Information option, and then clicking on your location. Units will also not be listed here if we hold no computerised boundaries for them, such as Registration sub-Districts and Sanitary Districts.