Place:Goole Rural, West Riding of Yorkshire, England

Goole was a rural district in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England from 1894 to 1974. However, it is also listed as a rural district in the East Riding of Yorkshire (Source:Wikipedia) because its area has been part of the East Riding since 1996. GENUKI confirms that the civil parishes below were in the West Riding until 1974.

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The district was created under the Local Government Act 1894, based on most of the Goole rural sanitary district. (Two parishes of Goole Rural sanitary district which were actually in Lincolnshire became part of the Isle of Axholme Rural District). The town of Goole itself formed a separate urban district.

In 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, the district became part of the Boothferry District of of the new administrative county of Humberside. Since the demise of Humberside in 1996 it has been divided between the East Riding of Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire unitary authorities.

The River Ouse, which was the defined border between the West Riding and the East Riding of Yorkshire, takes an easterly curve towards its mouth. Because of this a number of parishes south and west of the Ouse may appear at first glance to have always been in the East Riding, but were in fact part of the West Riding until 1974. These parishes made up the Goole Rural District 1894-1974. When Humberside was abolished in 1996 it was seen fit to move them the new unitary authority of the East Riding of Yorkshire.

Civil Parishes

The district contained the following parishes:

Research Tips

• A Vision of Britain through Time on Goole Rural District. This section provides statistics on population and industry, as well as a listing of the civil parishes and the alterations to the municipal organization.