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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. 584.
PONTEFRACT RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1862	1892	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 584.
WEST RIDING Riding	Division of Ancient County			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 584.
OSGOLDCROSS Wap	Ancient District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 584.
PONTEFRACT	Registration sub-District			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'.
PONTEFRACT USD	Sanitary District	1875	1892	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 584.
PONTEFRACT MB	Local Government District	1875	1892	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 584.
PONTEFRACT AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 584.

Boundary changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
26 Mar 1892	was abolished to enlarge	PONTEFRACT AP/CP	Houses in 1901: 117.	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 27584

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