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• Total Population 1861 to 1911: Population grew from 6,668 in 1861 to 16,209 in 1911.
• Age Structure, in 5-year bands, from 1861 to 1911: In 1861, only 6.1 per cent of the population were aged 65 and over, but by 1911 7.25 per cent were.
• Infant Mortality Rate 1871 to 1911: The highest rate recorded was 148.88 infant deaths per thousand live births in 1891, and the lowest was 93.66 in 1911.
• Occupational Structure in 1881:

Here we are presenting statistics for a historical unit, which may have changed its boundaries significantly during the period covered.

Alternative names

We know of no alternate names.

Unit associations

We know of no associations with other units.

Unit history

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
WEST RIDING	Poor Law/Registration County	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 780.

Boundary changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
28 Jun 1861	was reduced to create	KIRKDEIGHTON RegD	Great Ribston with Walshford, Hunsingore, Cattal, Thornville, Kirkdeighton transferred to new RD of Kirkdeighton	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
28 May 1861	was enlarged by gaining part of	KNARESBOROUGH PLU/RegD	The sub-district of Wetherby went to create part of the new district of Wetherby	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
28 May 1861	was enlarged by gaining part of	OTLEY RegD	Rigton and Weardley transferred to newly formed RD of Wetherby	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
28 May 1861	was created from part of	TADCASTER PLU/RegD	Newly formed RD of Wetherby gained Bardsey with Rigton, East Keswick, Scarcroft , Wathersome, Bilton, Healaugh, Wighill, and Bickerton from Tadcaster	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
28 May 1862	was enlarged by gaining part of	YORK PLU/RegD	Angram	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
06 Aug 1869	was enlarged by gaining part of	KIRKSTALL RegD	Shadwell transferred as part of the dissolution of Kirkstall	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
21 Aug 1869	was enlarged by gaining part of	BRAMHAM RegD	Bilton, Long Marston, Tockwith, Wilstrop, Branham with Oglethorpe, Clifford with Boston, Collingham, Thopr Arch, and Thorner	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
21 Aug 1869	was enlarged by the abolition of	OTLEY RegD	Dunkeswick, Weeton, Harewood, Wigton, and Wilke	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
21 Aug 1869	was enlarged by gaining part of	YORK PLU/RegD	Hulton Wandesely	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
21 May 1869	was enlarged by gaining part of	KIRKDEIGHTON RegD	Kirkdeighton township transferred as part of the dissolution of Kirkdeighton	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
01 Feb 1913	was reduced to enlarge	LEEDS PLPar/PLPar/PLU/RegD	Area: 1164 acres. Population in 1921: 1234.	1921 Census of England and Wales, Table 6, 'Intercensal Changes in Boundaries, 1911-21'.; Registrar General's Order

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
BOSTON	Registration sub-District		01 Jun 1897	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
WETHERBY	Registration sub-District	28 May 1861		1911 Census of England and Wales, Table 5, 'Registration Counties, Districts and Sub-districts with their constituent civil parishes. - Urban or Rural District in which each parish is situated; Area; families or separate occupiers, and population, 1901 and 1911; and population enumerated in Institutions, large establishments, and on vessels, &c., 1911'.
ANGRAM Tn/CP	Parish-level Unit	1861	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 506.
BARDSEY CUM RIGTON Tn/CP	Parish-level Unit	1861	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 510.
BICKERTON Tn/CP	Parish-level Unit	1861	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 513.
BILTON IN AINSTY AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1869	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 514.
BOSTON SPA CP	Parish-level Unit	1896	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 517.
BRAMHAM CUM OGLETHORPE Tn/CP	Parish-level Unit	1869	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 519.
CLIFFORD CP	Parish-level Unit	1896	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 528.
CLIFFORD WITH BOSTON Tn/CP	Parish-level Unit	1869	1896	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 528.
COLLINGHAM CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	1869	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 529.
COWTHORPE AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 531.
DUNKESWICK Tn/CP	Parish-level Unit	1869	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 537.
EAST KESWICK Tn/CP	Parish-level Unit	1861	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 566.
HAREWOOD CP/AP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1869	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 553.
HUTTON WANDESLEY CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1869	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 565.
KEARBY WITH NETHERBY Tn/CP	Parish-level Unit	1861	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 566.
KIRKBY OVERBLOW CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	1861	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 570.
KIRK DEIGHTON CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	1869	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 534.
LINTON Tn/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 576.
LITTLE RIBSTON Tn/CP	Parish-level Unit	1861	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 596.
LONG MARSTON CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	1869	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 580.
MICKLETHWAITE CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1861	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 582.
NORTH DEIGHTON Tn/CP	Parish-level Unit	1861	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 534.
NORTH RIGTON CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1861	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 596.
SCARCROFT Tn/CP	Parish-level Unit	1861	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 602.
SHADWELL Tn/CP	Parish-level Unit	21 Aug 1869	1912	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 603.
SICKLINGHALL CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1861	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 606.
SPOFFORTH WITH STOCKELD CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1861	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 610.
THORNER AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1869	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 617.
THORP ARCH AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1869	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 618.
TOCKWITH CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1869	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 620.
WALTON AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1869	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 622.
WEARDLEY Tn/CP	Parish-level Unit	1861	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 624.
WEETON CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1869	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 624.
WETHERBY CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1861	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 625.
WIGHILL CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	1861	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 627.
WIGTON Tn/CP	Parish-level Unit	1869	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 627.
WILSTROP Tn/CP	Parish-level Unit	1869	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 627.
WOTHERSOME Tn/CP	Parish-level Unit	1861	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 630.
WYKE Tn/CP	Parish-level Unit	1869	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 630.