Halifax
Area
 • 19116,523 acres (26.40 km2)
 • 19316,523 acres (26.40 km2)
Population
 • 19016,476
 • 19316,001
History
 • OriginRural sanitary district
 • Created1894
 • Abolished1937
 • Succeeded byMunicipal Borough of Brighouse, Elland Urban District, County Borough of Huddersfield, Sowerby Bridge Urban District, Spenborough Urban District
StatusRural district
GovernmentHalifax Rural District Council
 • HQHalifax

Halifax was, from 1894 to 1937, a rural district in the administrative county of Yorkshire, West Riding, England.

The district was created by the Local Government Act 1894 as successor to the Halifax Rural Sanitary District, and was abolished by a county review order under the Local Government Act 1929 in 1937.[1]

Area

The district initially consisted of seven civil parishes surrounding, but not including, the town of Halifax. The district was in four portions, divided from each other by various urban districts and municipal boroughs.[2] In 1899 the parish of Skircoat was absorbed by the County Borough of Halifax, and the rural district consisted of the following parishes until abolition:[1][3]

ParishNotesFate in 1937
Clifton Together with Hartshead formed an area to the east of Halifax Split between boroughs of Brighouse (2,089 acres (8.45 km2)) and Spenborough (73 acres (0.30 km2))
Fixby Parish formed an isolated area to the south of Halifax Most (660 acres (2.7 km2)) passed to County Borough of Huddersfield, part (184 acres (0.74 km2)) to Elland UD
Hartshead Together with Clifton formed an area to the east of Halifax Most passed to Borough of Spenborough (881 acres (3.57 km2)) part to Borough of Brighouse (27 acres (0.11 km2))
Norland Together with Upper Greetland formed an area to the south east of Halifax Merged with Luddenden Foot and Sowerby UDs to form Sowerby Bridge UD
Norwood Green and Coley Parish formed an isolated area north east of Halifax Absorbed by Borough of Brighouse
Upper Greetland Together with Norland formed an area to the south west of Halifax Absorbed by Elland UD

References

  1. 1 2 Youngs, Frederic A Jr. (1991). Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England. Vol. II Northern England. London: Royal Historical Society. ISBN 0-86193-127-0.
  2. ↑ "Halifax RD: Historical Boundaries". A Vision of Britain. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  3. ↑ "Relationships / unit history of Halifax RD". A Vision of Britain. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 24 March 2009.

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