Our historical statistics are always for precisely defined areas, usually administrative units, not "places". We know about the following units named after Castleford. Each has its own "home page" with much more information. Click on a tick to go directly to a particular statistical theme.

Administrative Area:	Popu- lation	Life+ Death	Indu- stry	Work+ Poverty	Social Class	Hous- ing	Learn +Lang	Roots+ Relig.	Land Use
Castleford RegD
Castleford UD/MB
Castleford LabMkt
Castleford SubD
Castleford USD
Castleford St Michael and All Angels EP
Castleford EP
Castleford AP/CP

Be careful! A unit may cover just the town or village, but it may include a big surrounding area. For example, in England and Wales rural districts — units with RD or RSD suffixes — may even exclude the places they are named after. The "Units covering this place" tab lists units whose boundaries contained Castleford.

Election Results

Election results are available for these constituencies associated with Castleford.

Constituencies	Start Date	End Date
Pontefract and Castleford CCon/BCon	1949	2009

Additional constituencies that covered Castleford may be listed on the "Units covering this place" tab.

This website includes information on many different historical units, including census data and other statistics. The boundaries of these units covered Castleford:

Administrative Area:	Popu- lation	Life+ Death	Indu- stry	Work+ Poverty	Social Class	Hous- ing	Learn +Lang	Roots+ Relig.	Land Use
Castleford AP/CP
Glass Houghton CP/Tn
Castleford UD/MB
Pontefract RD
West Riding Riding
Pontefract RegD/PLU
Wakefield District
Tadcaster RegD/PLU
York County West Riding O41area
Great Preston GilU
West Riding RegC
West Riding AdmC
Yorkshire AncC
West Yorkshire Met.C
Yorkshire and the Humber GovOf
Great Britain Dep
England and Wales Dep

Click on a tick for direct access to that theme.

Election Results

Election results are available for these constituencies which covered Castleford.

Constituencies	Start Date	End Date
Yorkshire West Riding PDivCon	1832	1861
West Riding of Yorkshire Southern PDivCon	1862	1867
West Riding of Yorkshire Eastern PDivCon	1868	1884
West Riding of Yorkshire Northern Part Osgoldcross PDivCon	1885	1917
West Riding of Yorkshire Pontefract PDivCon	1918	1948
Pontefract and Castleford CCon/BCon	1949	2009
Normanton Pontefract and Castleford CCon	2010

Please note that these units are listed here because their boundaries covered the point location we hold for Castleford. You can search for units that covered the particular location you are interested in by typing a postcode into our home page, or by using our Historic maps section, zooming in, selecting the Information option, and then clicking on your location. Units will also not be listed here if we hold no computerised boundaries for them, such as Registration sub-Districts and Sanitary Districts.