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• Total Population 1801 to 1971: Population grew from 480 in 1801 to 1,122 in 1971.
• Occupational Structure in 1831: Out of 164 males aged 20 and over, 45 were Agricultural Labourers.
• 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

This unit was associated with the following other units:

Nature of association	Other unit involved	Type of unit	Authority
was succeeded by	DARRINGTON EP	Ecclesiastical Parish	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 534.

Unit history

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
YORKSHIRE	Ancient County			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 534.
CASTLEFORD RegD	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	30 May 1862	01 Jan 1868	Registrar General, Decennial Supplement (HM Stationery Office)
GREAT PRESTON GilU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District		1869	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 534.
PONTEFRACT RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1869	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 534.
WEST RIDING Riding	Division of Ancient County			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 534.
OSGOLDCROSS Wap	Ancient District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 534.
OSGOLDSCROSS RD	Local Government District	1938	1974	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 534.
PONTEFRACT	Registration sub-District			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'.
PONTEFRACT RSD	Sanitary District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 534.
PONTEFRACT RD	Local Government District	1894	1938	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 534.

Boundary changes

We know of no boundary changes affecting this unit.

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
STAPLETON Tn/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 612.
STAPLETON CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 612.
CRIDLING	Manor			The National Archives, Manorial Documents Register
DARRINGTON	Manor			The National Archives, Manorial Documents Register
STAPLETON	Manor			The National Archives, Manorial Documents Register