Bowland Rural District
Former subdivision of Yorkshire, England
53°54′47″N 2°29′24″W / 53.913°N 2.490°W / 53.913; -2.490
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Map of boundary as of 1971
Bowland was a rural district in the West Riding of Yorkshire from 1894 to 1974. It was named after the Forest of Bowland, which it included.
It was formed under the Local Government Act 1894 from that part of the Clitheroe rural sanitary district which was in Yorkshire (the rest becoming the Clitheroe Rural District in Lancashire).
The district was abolished in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972. It was united with the Clitheroe Rural District (and some other territory), as part of the Ribble Valley district in the non-metropolitan county of Lancashire.
Civil parishes
The district contained the following civil parishes during its existence:[1]
- Bashall Eaves
- Bolton-by-Bowland
- Bowland Forest High
- Bowland Forest Low
- Easington
- Gisburn
- Gisburn Forest
- Great Mitton
- Grindleton
- Horton
- Middop
- Newsholme
- Newton
- Paythorne
- Rimington
- Sawley
- Slaidburn
- Waddington
- West Bradford
References
- ^ Frederic A Youngs Jr., Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Volume II: Northern England, London, 1979
External links
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Administrative county of the West Riding of Yorkshire (1888–1974)
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- Batley
- Brighouse
- Castleford
- Goole
- Harrogate
- Keighley
- Morley
- Ossett
- Pontefract
- Pudsey
- Ripon
- Spenborough
- Todmorden
- Adwick le Street
- Aireborough
- Baildon
- Barnoldswick
- Bentley with Arksey
- Bingley
- Colne Valley
- Conisbrough
- Cudworth
- Darfield
- Darton
- Dearne
- Denby Dale
- Denholme
- Dodworth
- Earby
- Elland
- Featherstone
- Garforth
- Hebden Royd
- Heckmondwike
- Hemsworth
- Holmfirth
- Horbury
- Horsforth
- Hoyland Nether
- Ilkley
- Kirkburton
- Knaresborough
- Knottingley
- Maltby
- Meltham
- Mexborough
- Mirfield
- Normanton
- Otley
- Penistone
- Queensbury and Shelf
- Rawmarsh
- Ripponden
- Rothwell
- Royston
- Saddleworth
- Shipley
- Silsden
- Skipton
- Sowerby Bridge
- Stanley
- Stocksbridge
- Swinton
- Tickhill
- Wath upon Dearne
- Wombwell
- Worsbrough
Abolished before 1974:
- Altofts
- Ardsley
- Ardsley East and West
- Balby with Hexthorpe
- Barkisland
- Bingley Outer
- Birkenshaw
- Birstall
- Bolton upon Dearne
- Burley in Wharfedale
- Calverley
- Clayton
- Clayton West
- Cleckheaton
- Denby and Cumberworth
- Drighlington
- Eccleshill
- Emley
- Farnley Tyas
- Farsley
- Flockton
- Fulstone
- Gildersome
- Golcar
- Gomersal
- Greasborough
- Greetland
- Guiseley
- Gunthwaite and Ingbirthworth
- Handsworth
- Haworth
- Hebden Bridge
- Hepworth
- Hipperholme
- Holme
- Honley
- Hoyland Swaine
- Hunsworth
- Idle
- Kirkheaton
- Lepton
- Linthwaite
- Liversedge
- Luddenden Foot
- Marsden
- Methley
- Midgley
- Monk Bretton
- Mytholmroyd
- Netherthong
- New Mill
- North Bierley
- Northowram
- Oakworth
- Oxenhope
- Queensbury
- Quickmere Mid. Div.
- Ravensthorpe
- Rawdon
- Rishworth
- Sandal Magna
- Scammonden
- Scholes
- Shelf
- Shelley
- Shepley
- Skelmanthorpe
- Slaithwaite
- Soothill Nether
- Soothill Upper
- South Crosland
- Southowram
- Sowerby
- Soyland
- Springhead
- Stainland
- Thornhill
- Thornton
- Thurlstone
- Thurnscoe
- Thurstonland and Farnley Tyas
- Tong
- Upper Mill
- Warley
- Wheatley
- Whitley Upper
- Whitwood
- Wilsden
- Yeadon
- Bowland
- Doncaster
- Goole
- Hemsworth
- Hepton
- Kiveton Park
- Nidderdale
- Osgoldcross
- Penistone
- Ripon and Pateley Bridge
- Rotherham
- Sedbergh
- Selby
- Settle
- Skipton
- Tadcaster
- Thorne
- Wakefield
- Wetherby
- Wharfedale
- Wortley
Abolished before 1974:
- Barnsley
- Bishopthorpe
- Great Ouseburn
- Halifax
- Hunslet
- Keighley
- Knaresborough
- Leeds
- Pateley Bridge
- Pontefract
- Ripon
- Saddleworth
- Todmorden