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• Total Population 1801 to 1911: Population grew from 17,967 in 1801 to 85,200 in 1911.
• Age Structure, in 5-year bands, from 1851 to 1911: In 1851, 5.21 per cent of the population were aged 65 and over, but by 1911 only 3.48 per cent were.
• Infant Mortality Rate 1871 to 1911: The highest rate recorded was 178.02 infant deaths per thousand live births in 1891, and the lowest was 122.8 in 1881.
• Occupational Structure in 1881:

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

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. 778.
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
20 May 1862	was reduced to create	CASTLEFORD RegD	Kippax SD, and parishes of Ferry-Frystone and Pontefract Park, townships of Beaghall, Brotherton, Burton Salmon, South Milford, Sutton, Ackton, Carlton, Caslteford, Darrington, Featherstone, Glass Houghton, Purston Jaglin, and Whitwood	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
26 Mar 1862	was reduced to enlarge	TADCASTER RegD/PLU	Townships of Newthorpe, Huddleston and Lumby	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
01 Jan 1868	was enlarged by gaining part of	CASTLEFORD RegD	SDs of Caslteford and Kippax	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
23 Aug 1869	was enlarged by the abolition of	CASTLEFORD RegD	Parish of Ferry-Frystone, townships of Beaghall, Brotherton, Burton, Salmon, Sutton, Cartleton, Darrington, Featherstone, and Preston Jaglin reunited to Pontefract	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
23 Aug 1869	was reduced to enlarge	TADCASTER RegD/PLU	The parish of Garforth and the townships of South Milford, Allerton Bywater, Great and Little Preston, Kippax, Ledsham, Ledstone, and Micklefield transferred. Many of these	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
CASTLEFORD	Registration sub-District			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'.
KIPPAX	Registration sub-District		23 Aug 1869	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
KNOTTINGLEY	Registration sub-District			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'.
PONTEFRACT	Registration sub-District			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'.
WHITLEY	Registration sub-District			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'.
ACKTON CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1869	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 502.
BALNE CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1862	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 509.
BEAL OR BEAGHALL CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1869	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 512.
BIRKIN CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	1862	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 515.
BROTHERTON CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	1869	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 522.
BURTON SALMON CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1869	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 524.
BYRAM CUM POOLE CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1862	1891	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 524.
BYRAM CUM SUTTON CP	Parish-level Unit	1891	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 524.
CARLETON CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1869	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 525.
CASTLEFORD AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1869	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 526.
CRIDING STUBBS CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1862	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 532.
DARRINGTON CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	1869	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 534.
EAST HARDWICK Tn/CP	Parish-level Unit	1862	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 553.
EGGBOROUGH CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1862	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 539.
FAIRBURN Ch/CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1869	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 542.
FEATHERSTONE Tn/AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1869	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 543.
FERRY FRYSTON AP	Parish-level Unit	1869		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 546.
FERRY FRYSTON CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit		1930	1881 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881'.
GLASS HOUGHTON CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1869	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 548.
HECK Tn/CP	Parish-level Unit	1862	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 556.
HENSALL Tn/CP	Parish-level Unit	1862	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 557.
HILLAM Tn/CP	Parish-level Unit	1862	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 559.
KELLINGTON CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	1862	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 566.
KNOTTINGLEY CP/Ch	Parish-level Unit	1862	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 571.
LEDSTON CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1869	soon after 1869	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 574.
METHLEY CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 582.
MONK FRYSTON CP/Ch	Parish-level Unit	1862	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 546.
MONKHILL CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1862	1892	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 584.
PONTEFRACT AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1862	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 593.
PONTEFRACT PARK CP/ExP	Parish-level Unit	1869	1920	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 593.
PURSTON JAGLIN CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1869	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 594.
SNYDALE CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1862	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 609.
STAPLETON CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1862	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 612.
SUTTON CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1869	1891	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 614.
TANSHELF CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1862	1920	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 615.
WATER FRYSTONE Tn	Parish-level Unit			1871 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area; Houses and Inhabitants, 1861 and 1871, in the Parishes and Places comprised in each Superintendent Registrar's District'.
WHITLEY Tn/CP	Parish-level Unit	1862	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 626.
WHITWOOD Tn/CP	Parish-level Unit	1869	01 Apr 1938	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 626.
WOMERSLEY CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	1862	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 628.