Place:Wakefield Rural, West Riding of Yorkshire, England

Wakefield Rural District was located adjacent to the county borough of Wakefield until 1974 when it was absorbed into Wakefield Metropolitan Borough in which it is now a ward.

Civil Parishes

• Chevet
• Crigglestone
• Crofton
• Newland with Woodhouse Moor
• Notton (in Barnsley Rural District until 1938)
• Sharlston
• Sitlington
• Walton (near Wakefield)
• Warmfield cum Heath
• West Bretton
• Winterset (in Barnsley Rural District until 1938)
• Woolley

Research Tips

• A Vision of Britain through Time on Wakefield 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.