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Here we are presenting statistics for a historical unit, which may have changed its boundaries significantly during the period covered.

Preferred Name:
HOLBECK
Unit Type:
Poor Law Union/Reg. District
Status:
Poor Law Parish (until 1869)
Poor Law Union (1869 - 1904)
Poor Law Parish (after 1904)
Registration District (after October 16th, 1862)
Date created:
1862
Date abolished:
1925
Unit ID:
10111810
Authorities:
F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 776.

Alternative names

We know of no alternate names.

Unit associations

We know of no associations with other units.

Unit history

This unit was part of the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
WEST RIDING Poor Law/Registration County 1850   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 776.
WEST RIDING Administrative County     Ministry of Health, Persons in Receipt of Poor-Law Relief (England and Wales) (H.M.S.O.)

Boundary changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date Type of change Other unit involved Area transferred Authority
01 Dec 1862 was enlarged by gaining part of KIRKSTALL RegD Beeston and Churwell   Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
16 Oct 1862 was created from part of HUNSLET RegD/PLPar/PLU Township of Holbeck made into Holbeck SD and transferred to create Holbeck RD   Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
06 Aug 1869 was enlarged by gaining part of KIRKSTALL RegD Beeston and Churwell re-annexed to the sub-district of Holbeck as part of the dissolution of Kirkstall   Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
01 Feb 1897 was reduced to enlarge HUNSLET RegD/PLPar/PLU Holbeck (part of)   Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
01 Feb 1897 was enlarged by gaining part of HUNSLET RegD/PLPar/PLU Hunslet (part of)   Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
HOLBECK Registration sub-District 16 Oct 1862   1911 Census of England and Wales, Table 5, 'Registration Counties, Districts and Sub-districts with their constituent civil parishes. - Urban or Rural District in which each parish is situated; Area; families or separate occupiers, and population, 1901 and 1911; and population enumerated in Institutions, large establishments, and on vessels, &c., 1911'.
BEESTON CP/Tn Parish-level Unit 06 Aug 1869 1904 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 512.
CHURWELL CP/Tn Parish-level Unit 06 Aug 1869 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 527.
HOLBECK CP/Ch Parish-level Unit 1862 1925 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 559.
How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Holbeck RegD/PLU/PLPar/PLPar through time | Census tables with data for the Poor Law Union/Reg. District, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10111810

Date accessed: 29th March 2024