Civil parishes in West Yorkshire
A civil parish is a subnational entity, forming the lowest unit of local government in England. There are 101 civil parishes in the ceremonial county of West Yorkshire, most of the county being unparished. At the 2001 census, there were 557,369 people living in the parishes, accounting for 26.8 per cent of the county's population.
History
[edit]Parishes arose from Church of England divisions, and were originally purely ecclesiastical divisions. Over time they acquired civil administration powers.[1]
The Highways Act 1555 made parishes responsible for the upkeep of roads. Every adult inhabitant of the parish was obliged to work four days a year on the roads, providing their own tools, carts and horses; the work was overseen by an unpaid local appointee, the Surveyor of Highways.[2]
The poor were looked after by the monasteries, until their dissolution. In 1572, magistrates were given power to 'survey the poor' and impose taxes for their relief. This system was made more formal by the Poor Law Act 1601, which made parishes responsible for administering the Poor Law; overseers were appointed to charge a rate to support the poor of the parish.[3] The 19th century saw an increase in the responsibility of parishes, although the Poor Law powers were transferred to poor law unions.[4] The Public Health Act 1872 (35 & 36 Vict. c. 79) grouped parishes into rural sanitary districts, based on the poor law unions; these subsequently formed the basis for rural districts.[5]
Parishes were run by vestries, meeting annually to appoint officials, and were generally identical to ecclesiastical parishes,[6] although some townships in large parishes administered the Poor Law themselves; under the Divided Parishes and Poor Law Amendment Act 1882, all extra-parochial areas and townships that levied a separate rate became independent civil parishes.[7]
Civil parishes in their modern sense date from the Local Government Act 1894 (56 & 57 Vict. c. 73), which abolished vestries; established elected parish councils in all rural parishes with more than 300 electors; grouped rural parishes into rural districts; and aligned parish boundaries with county and borough boundaries.[7] Urban civil parishes continued to exist, and were generally coterminous with the urban district, municipal borough or county borough in which they were situated; many large towns contained a number of parishes, and these were usually merged into one. Parish councils were not formed in urban areas, and the only function of the parish was to elect guardians to poor law unions; with the abolition of the Poor Law system in 1930 the parishes had only a nominal existence.[8]
The Local Government Act 1972 retained civil parishes in rural areas, and many former urban districts and municipal boroughs that were being abolished, were replaced by new successor parishes; urban areas that were considered too large to be single parishes became unparished areas.[9]
The current position
[edit]Recent governments have encouraged the formation of town and parish councils in unparished areas, and the Local Government and Rating Act 1997 gave local residents the right to demand the creation of a new civil parish.[10]
A parish council can become a town council unilaterally, simply by resolution;[9] and a civil parish can also gain city status, but only if that is granted by the Crown.[9] The chairman of a town or city council is called a mayor.[9] The Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 introduced alternative names: a parish council can now choose to be called a community; village; or neighbourhood council.[11]
List of civil parishes and unparished areas
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Angus Winchester, 2000, Discovering Parish Boundaries. Shire Publications. Princes Risborough, 96 pages ISBN 978-0-7478-0470-3
- ^ RAC Foundation : What Went Wrong? British Highway Development Before Motorways[permanent dead link] Retrieved 22 August 2009
- ^ The Victorian Web : The Poor Law : Introduction Retrieved 22 August 2009
- ^ Staffordshire University : Poor Law Unions and Registration Districts Archived 14 September 2012 at archive.today Retrieved 22 August 2009
- ^ A Vision of Britain Through Time : Status Details for Rural Sanitary District Retrieved 22 August 2009
- ^ Robert Tittler, The Reformation and the Towns in England, 1998, Oxford University Press, 395 pages, ISBN 978-0-19-820718-4
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- ^ Alex MacMorran and T R Colquhoun Dill, The Local Government Act 1894 and the Subsequent Statutes Affecting Parish Councils, 1907, Butterworth and Co, London, 626 pages
- ^ a b c d Office of Public Sector Information : Local Government Act 1972 Archived 5 December 2012 at archive.today Retrieved 22 August 2009
- ^ Office of Public Sector Information : Local Government and Rating Act 1997 Archived 5 August 2012 at archive.today Retrieved 22 August 2009
- ^ Office of Public Sector Information : Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 Archived 5 August 2012 at archive.today Retrieved 22 August 2009
- ^ a b A Vision of Britain Through Time : Skipton Rural District Archived 1 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 1 September 2009
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Bradford Retrieved 1 September 2009
- ^ A Vision of Britain Through Time : Baildon Urban District Retrieved 1 September 2009
- ^ Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Table KS01 : Usual Resident Population Archived 22 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine Baildon; and Bingley (part) wards. Retrieved 26 August 2009
- ^ a b c Office of Public Sector Information : The Bradford (Parish Electoral Arrangements) Order 2007 Retrieved 1 September 2009
- ^ a b c d A Vision of Britain Through Time : Bingley Urban District Retrieved 1 September 2009
- ^ Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Table KS01 : Usual Resident Population Archived 22 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine Bingley (part); and Rombalds (part) wards. Retrieved 26 August 2009
- ^ a b c d A Vision of Britain Through Time : Bradford County Borough Retrieved 1 September 2009
- ^ Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Table KS01 : Usual Resident Population Archived 22 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine Bolton (part); Bowling (part); Bradford Moor; Clayton (part); Eccleshill; Great Horton (part); Heaton (part); Idle; Little Horton (part); Odsal (part); Queensbury (part); Thornton; Toller; Tong; Undercliffe; University; Wibsey; and Wyke wards. Retrieved 26 August 2009
- ^ a b c A Vision of Britain Through Time : Ilkley Urban District Retrieved 1 September 2009
- ^ a b Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Table KS01 : Usual Resident Population Archived 22 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine Rombalds (part) ward. Retrieved 26 August 2009
- ^ a b Office of Public Sector Information : The Bradford (Parish Electoral Arrangements) Order 2006 Retrieved 1 September 2009
- ^ Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Table KS01 : Usual Resident Population Archived 22 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine Clayton (part); and Great Horton (part) wards. Retrieved 26 August 2009
- ^ a b c d Office of Public Sector Information : The Bradford (Parishes) Order 2004 Archived 19 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 1 September 2009
- ^ a b c d A Vision of Britain Through Time : Keighley Municipal Borough Retrieved 1 September 2009
- ^ A Vision of Britain Through Time : Denholme Urban District Retrieved 1 September 2009
- ^ Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Table KS01 : Usual Resident Population Archived 22 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine Bingley (part) ward. Retrieved 26 August 2009
- ^ Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Table KS01 : Usual Resident Population Archived 22 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine Ilkley; and Rombalds (part) wards. Retrieved 26 August 2009
- ^ a b a Vision of Britain Through Time : Queensbury and Shelf Urban District Archived 1 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2 September 2009
- ^ Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Table KS01 : Usual Resident Population Archived 22 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine Queensbury (part) ward. Retrieved 26 August 2009
- ^ Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Table KS01 : Usual Resident Population Archived 22 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine Heaton (part) ward. Retrieved 26 August 2009
- ^ A Vision of Britain Through Time : Shipley Urban District Retrieved 2 September 2009
- ^ Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Table KS01 : Usual Resident Population Archived 22 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine Shipley East (part); and Shipley West wards. Retrieved 26 August 2009
- ^ "Shipley". Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
- ^ A Vision of Britain Through Time : Silsden Urban District Retrieved 1 September 2009
- ^ Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Table KS01 : Usual Resident Population Archived 22 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine Bowling (part); Little Horton (part); and Odsal (part) wards. Retrieved 26 August 2009
- ^ Bradford City Council : The Bradford (Reorganisation of Community Governance) Order 2009[permanent dead link] Retrieved 2 September 2009
- ^ Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Table KS01 : Usual Resident Population Archived 22 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine Bingley Rural (part) ward. Retrieved 26 August 2009
- ^ Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Table KS01 : Usual Resident Population Archived 22 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine Bolton (part); and Shipley East (part) wards. Retrieved 26 August 2009
- ^ a b c d A Vision of Britain Through Time : Hepton Rural District Retrieved 2 September 2009
- ^ a b c d e f g Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Calderdale Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2 September 2009
- ^ A Vision of Britain Through Time : Brighouse Municipal Borough Retrieved 2 September 2009
- ^ Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Table KS01 : Usual Resident Population Archived 22 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine Brighouse; Elland (part); Hipperholme and Lightcliffe; Rastrick; and Town (part) wards. Retrieved 26 August 2009
- ^ A Vision of Britain Through Time : Elland Urban District Retrieved 2 September 2009
- ^ Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Table KS01 : Usual Resident Population Archived 22 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine Elland (part); and Greetland and Stainland wards. Retrieved 26 August 2009
- ^ A Vision of Britain Through Time : Halifax County Borough Retrieved 2 September 2009
- ^ Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Table KS01 : Usual Resident Population Archived 22 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine Illingworth; Mixenden; Northowram and Shelf (part); Ovenden; Skircoat; St John's; Town (part); and Warley wards. Retrieved 26 August 2009
- ^ A Vision of Britain Through Time : Hebden Royd Urban District Archived 14 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2 September 2009
- ^ A Vision of Britain Through Time : Ripponden Urban District Retrieved 2 September 2009
- ^ Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Table KS01 : Usual Resident Population Archived 22 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine Northowram and Shelf (part) ward. Retrieved 26 August 2009
- ^ A Vision of Britain Through Time : Sowerby Bridge Urban District Retrieved 2 September 2009
- ^ Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Table KS01 : Usual Resident Population Archived 22 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine Luddendenfoot (part); Ryburn (part); and Sowerby Bridge wards. Retrieved 2 September 2009
- ^ A Vision of Britain Through Time : Elland Urban District Retrieved 2 September 2009
- ^ Local Area Report for Holywell Green Built-up area Retrieved 4 March 2021
- ^ A Vision of Britain Through Time : Todmorden Municipal Borough Retrieved 2 September 2009
- ^ A Vision of Britain Through Time : Batley Municipal Borough Retrieved 3 September 2009
- ^ Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Table KS01 : Usual Resident Population Archived 22 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine Batley East; Batley West (part); and Birstal and Birkenshaw (part) wards. Retrieved 26 August 2009
- ^ A Vision of Britain Through Time : Colne Valley Urban District Archived 14 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 3 September 2009
- ^ Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Table KS01 : Usual Resident Population Archived 22 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine Colne Valley West; and Golcar (part) wards. Retrieved 26 August 2009
- ^ A Vision of Britain Through Time : Denby Dale Urban District Retrieved 3 September 2009
- ^ a b c d e Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Kirklees Archived 13 January 2011 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 3 September 2009
- ^ A Vision of Britain Through Time : Dewsbury County Borough Retrieved 3 September 2009
- ^ Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Table KS01 : Usual Resident Population Archived 22 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine Batley West (part); Dewsbury East; Dewsbury West (part); and Thornhill wards. Retrieved 26 August 2009
- ^ A Vision of Britain Through Time : Heckmondwike Urban District Retrieved 3 September 2009
- ^ Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Table KS01 : Usual Resident Population Archived 22 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine Heckmondwike (part) ward. Retrieved 26 August 2009
- ^ A Vision of Britain Through Time : Holmfirth Urban District Archived 30 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 3 September 2009
- ^ A Vision of Britain Through Time : Huddersfield County Borough Archived 5 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 3 September 2009
- ^ Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Table KS01 : Usual Resident Population Archived 22 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine Almondbury; Birkby; Crosland Moor; Dalton (part); Deighton; Golcar (part); Lindley; Newsome; and Paddock wards. Retrieved 26 August 2009
- ^ A Vision of Britain Through Time : Kirkburton Urban District Retrieved 3 September 2009
- ^ A Vision of Britain Through Time : Meltham Urban District Retrieved 3 September 2009
- ^ A Vision of Britain Through Time : Mirfield Urban District Retrieved 3 September 2009
- ^ A Vision of Britain Through Time : Spenborough Municipal Borough Retrieved 3 September 2009
- ^ Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Table KS01 : Usual Resident Population Archived 22 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine Birstal and Birkinshaw (part); Cleckheaton; Heckmondwike (part); and Spen wards. Retrieved 26 August 2009
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k A Vision of Britain Through Time : Tadcaster Rural District Archived 1 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 8 September 2009
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Leeds Archived 19 March 2015 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 8 September 2009
- ^ a b A Vision of Britain Through Time : Aireborough Urban District Archived 1 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 8 September 2009
- ^ a b Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Table KS01 : Usual Resident Population Archived 22 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine Aireborough; Horsforth (part); and Otley and Wharfedale (part) wards. Retrieved 26 August 2009
- ^ a b c A Vision of Britain Through Time : Garforth Urban District Retrieved 8 September 2009
- ^ a b c A Vision of Britain Through Time : Leeds County Borough Archived 13 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 8 September 2009
- ^ Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Table KS01 : Usual Resident Population Archived 22 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine North (part) ward. Retrieved 26 August 2009
- ^ Department of Communities and Local Government : Bulletin of Changes to Local Authority Electoral Arrangements, Areas and Names in England : The Leeds (Parish) Order 2008 Archived 14 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 8 September 2009
- ^ a b c d A Vision of Britain Through Time : Morley Municipal Borough Retrieved 8 September 2009
- ^ Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Table KS01 : Usual Resident Population Archived 22 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine Morley South (part) ward. Retrieved 26 August 2009
- ^ a b c d A Vision of Britain Through Time : Wharfedale Rural District Archived 1 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 8 September 2009
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m A Vision of Britain Through Time : Wetherby Rural District Archived 1 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 9 September 2009
- ^ a b c Office of the Deputy Prime Minister : Bulletin of Changes to Local Authority Areas and Names in England : The Leeds (Parishes) Order 2004 Archived 19 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 9 September 2009
- ^ a b Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Table KS01 : Usual Resident Population Archived 22 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine Morley North (part) ward. Retrieved 26 August 2009
- ^ Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Table KS01 : Usual Resident Population Archived 22 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine Garforth and Swillington (part) ward. Retrieved 26 August 2009
- ^ A Vision of Britain Through Time : Horsforth Urban District Retrieved 9 September 2009
- ^ Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Table KS01 : Usual Resident Population Archived 22 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine Barwick and Kippax (part) ward. Retrieved 26 August 2009
- ^ "The Leeds (Reorganisation of Community Governance) (No.2) Order 2023" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
- ^ Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Table KS01 : Usual Resident Population Archived 22 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine Armley; Beeston; Bramley; Burmantofts; Chapel Allerton; City and Holbeck; Cookridge; Halton (part); Harehills; Headingley; Hunslet; Kirkstall; Middleton (part); Moortown; North (part); Otley and Wharfedale (part); Richmond Hill; Roundhay (part); Seacroft; University; Weetwood; Whinmoor (part); and Wortley wards. Retrieved 26 August 2009
- ^ A Vision of Britain Through Time : Otley Urban District Retrieved 10 September 2009
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- ^ Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Table KS01 : Usual Resident Population Archived 22 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine Pudsey North; and Pudsey South wards. Retrieved 26 August 2009
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- ^ "Rawdon". City Population De. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
- ^ A Vision of Britain Through Time : Rothwell Urban District Archived 6 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 8 September 2009
- ^ Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Table KS01 : Usual Resident Population Archived 22 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine Garforth and Swillington (part); Middleton (part); and Rothwell wards. Retrieved 26 August 2009
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l A Vision of Britain Through Time : Hemsworth Rural District Archived 1 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 10 September 2009
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Wakefield Archived 13 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 10 September 2009
- ^ A Vision of Britain Through Time : Castleford Municipal Borough Retrieved 10 September 2009
- ^ Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Table KS01 : Usual Resident Population Archived 22 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine Castleford Ferry Fryston; Castleford Glasshoughton; and Castleford Whitwood (part) wards. Retrieved 26 August 2009
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l A Vision of Britain Through Time : Wakefield Rural District Retrieved 10 September 2009
- ^ a b A Vision of Britain Through Time : Osgoldcross Rural District Retrieved 10 September 2009
- ^ A Vision of Britain Through Time : Featherstone Urban District Retrieved 11 September 2009
- ^ A Vision of Britain Through Time : Hemsworth Urban District Retrieved 11 September 2009
- ^ A Vision of Britain Through Time : Horbury Urban District Retrieved 10 September 2009
- ^ Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Table KS01 : Usual Resident Population Archived 22 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine Horbury (part) ward. Retrieved 26 August 2009
- ^ A Vision of Britain Through Time : Knottingley Urban District Retrieved 10 September 2009
- ^ Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Table KS01 : Usual Resident Population Archived 22 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine Knottingley ward. Retrieved 26 August 2009
- ^ a b c d "The City of Wakefield Metropolitan District Council (Reorganisation of Community Governance) Order 2023" (PDF). Wakefield Council. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
- ^ A Vision of Britain Through Time : Normanton Urban District Retrieved 11 September 2009
- ^ A Vision of Britain Through Time : Ossett Municipal Borough Retrieved 10 September 2009
- ^ Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Table KS01 : Usual Resident Population Archived 22 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine Horbury (part); and Ossett wards. Retrieved 26 August 2009
- ^ A Vision of Britain Through Time : Pontefract Municipal Borough Retrieved 10 September 2009
- ^ Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Table KS01 : Usual Resident Population Archived 22 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine Pontefract North; and Pontefract South (part) wards. Retrieved 26 August 2009
- ^ A Vision of Britain Through Time : Stanley Urban District Archived 1 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 10 September 2009
- ^ Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Table KS01 : Usual Resident Population Archived 22 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine Stanley and Altofts (part); and Stanley and Wrenthorpe wards. Retrieved 26 August 2009
- ^ A Vision of Britain Through Time : Wakefield County Borough Archived 16 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 10 September 2009
- ^ Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Table KS01 : Usual Resident Population Archived 22 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine Wakefield Central; Wakefield East; Wakefield North; and Wakefield South (part) wards. Retrieved 26 August 2009
External links
[edit]- Office for National Statistics : Geographical Area Listings
- City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council : Parish and Town Councils
- Calderdale Council : A Guide to Council Services : Parish and Town Councils
- Kirklees Council : Parish and Town Councils : Contact Your Local Council
- Leeds City Council : List of Town and Parish Council Clerks
- Wakefield Council : Town and Parish Contacts and Inspection Details
