Osgoldcross Rural District

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Osgoldcross Rural District was a rural district in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England. It was created in 1938, from 19 remaining parishes of the disbanded Pontefract Rural District after three-quarters (but only a small fraction of the area) of its population had been transferred to surrounding authorities - specifically to Castleford (which took 14,145 of the 23,981 in the district in 1931), Knottingley, and Pontefract.

It was named after the Wapentake of Osgoldcross and administered from Pontefract.

Since April 1, 1974 it has formed part of the District of Selby and the City of Wakefield.

At the time of its dissolution it consisted of the following 19 civil parishes.

Balne
Beal
Birkin
Brotherton
Burton Salmon
Bryam-cum-Sutton
Cridling Stubbs
Darrington
East Hardwick
Eggborough
Fairburn
Heck
Hensall
Hillam
Kellington
Monk Fryston
Stapleton
Whitley
Wormersley

All but Darrington and East Hardwick went to Selby district.

References

http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10074319&c_id=10001043

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