Hepton was a
rural district in the
West Riding of Yorkshire
The West Riding of Yorkshire is one of three historic subdivisions of Yorkshire, England. From 1889 to 1974 the administrative county County of York, West Riding (the area under the control of West Riding County Council), abbreviated County ...
, England, from 1894 to 1974.
The district included four
civil parish
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es:
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Heptonstall
Heptonstall is a small village and civil parish within the Calderdale borough of West Yorkshire, England, historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire. The population of Heptonstall, including the hamlets of Colden and Slack Top, is 1,448 ...
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Blackshaw
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Erringden
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It was created in 1894 as the
Todmorden
Todmorden ( ; ) is a market town and civil parish in the Upper Calder Valley in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England. It is north-east of Manchester, south-east of Burnley and west of Halifax. In 2011 it had a population of 15,481.
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rural district. It was renamed in the 1930s and survived until 1974, when, under the
Local Government Act 1972 it was abolished and became part of the
Calderdale metropolitan borough in
West Yorkshire
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.
References
Hepton RD through time , Census tables with data for the Local Government District
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Districts of England created by the Local Government Act 1894
Districts of England abolished by the Local Government Act 1972
Local government in Calderdale
Rural districts of the West Riding of Yorkshire