Pudsey was a local government district in the West Riding of Yorkshire from 1872 to 1974 around the town of Pudsey, covering Farsley, Calverley,and parts of Stanningley, Swinnow and Rodley.
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| Area | |
| • 1911 | 2,399 acres (9.71 km2) |
| • 1961 | 5,323 acres (21.54 km2) |
| History | |
| • Origin | Pudsey parish |
| • Created | 1894 |
| • Abolished | 1974 |
| Status | Local Government District (1872 - 1894) Urban district (1894 - 1900) Municipal borough (after 1900) |
A local board formed for the parish of Pudsey in 1872. It became an urban district in 1894 and gained the status of municipal borough in 1900.[1]
In 1937 it absorbed Calverley Urban District (2106 acres) and Farsley Urban District (821 acres).
It was abolished in 1974 and its former area became part of the City of Leeds, a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire.
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References
edit- ^ Great Britain Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Pudsey MB/UD. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
- ^ Arthur Charles Fox-Davies (1915). The book of public arms : a complete encyclopædia of all royal, territorial, municipal, corporate, official, and impersonal arms.