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Unit history

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
YORKSHIRE	Ancient County			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 524.
PONTEFRACT RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1891	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 524.
WEST RIDING Riding	Division of Ancient County			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 524.
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'.
OSGOLDSCROSS RD	Local Government District	1938	1974	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 524.
PONTEFRACT RD	Local Government District	1894	1938	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 524.
PONTEFRACT RSD	Sanitary District	1891	1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 524.

Boundary changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
26 Mar 1891	was created through the abolition of	BYRAM CUM POOLE CP/Tn	Houses in 1901: 11.	1901 Census of England and Wales, Table 14, 'Changes in the Boundaries of Civil Parishes, effected Local Government Acts of 1899 and 1894, and by Local Acts since 1891 - Inhabited Houses and Population 1901'.; LGBO 25974
26 Mar 1891	was created through the abolition of	SUTTON CP/Tn	Houses in 1901: 10.	1901 Census of England and Wales, Table 14, 'Changes in the Boundaries of Civil Parishes, effected Local Government Acts of 1899 and 1894, and by Local Acts since 1891 - Inhabited Houses and Population 1901'.; LGBO 25974

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