Place:Aberford, West Riding of Yorkshire, England

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NameAberford
TypeInhabited place
Coordinates53.817°N 1.333°W
Located inWest Riding of Yorkshire, England     ( - 1974)
Also located inWest Yorkshire, England     (1974 - )
Yorkshire, England    
See alsoTadcaster Rural, West Riding of Yorkshire, Englandrural district of which it was a part 1894-1974
Leeds (metropolitan borough), West Yorkshire, Englandmetropolitan borough of which it has been a part since 1974
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Aberford is a village and civil parish on the eastern outskirts of the City of Leeds metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. It had a population of 1,059 at the 2001 census, increasing to 1,180 at the 2011 Census.[1] It is situated east, north east of Leeds city centre in the LS25 Leeds postcode area.

Prior to 1974, Aberford was a civil parish within the Tadcaster Rural District. It was an ecclesiastical parish in the Skyrack Wapentake and located in the Tadcaster Registration District.

For more information, see the EN Wikipedia article Aberford.

Research Tips

  • GENUKI on Aberford. The GENUKI page gives numerous references to local bodies providing genealogical assistance.
  • The FamilySearch wiki on the ecclesiastical parish of Aberford provides a list of useful resources for the local area.
  • A Vision of Britain through Time on Aberford.
  • A Vision of Britain through Time provides links to maps of the West Riding, produced by the United Kingdom Ordnance Survey, illustrating the boundaries between the civil parishes and the rural districts at various dates. The location of individual settlements within the parishes is also shown. These maps all expand to a very large scale.


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