Regarding Registration Sub-districts, Stanningley fell under three. Calverley
with Farsley, Pudsey with Tyersall and Bramley. To find a relative in the
census returns may require examination of more than one piece. Calverley and
Pudsey are on the same or following pieces and were in the same Parliamentary
Borough and Registration District, which was Bradford, but Bramley is part
of Leeds Borough.
In 1841, Stanningley can be found on these separate census pieces:
Calverley with Farsley HO107/1298/2 ED5
Pudsey with Tyersall HO107/1298/13 ED11
Bramley HO107/1342/7 ED1
In 1851, Stanningley can be found on these census pieces:
Calverley with Farsley HO107/2313 ED6
Pudsey with Tyersall HO107/2313 ED20 to 22
Bramley HO107/2315 ED1a
In 1861, Stanningley can be found on these census pieces:
Calverley with Farsley RG9/3345 ED6
Pudsey with Tyersall RG9/3348 ED20 to 22
Bramley RG9/3555 ED17
In 1871, Stanningley can be found on these census pieces:
Calverley with Farsley RG10/4505 ED8
Pudsey with Tyersall RG10/4509 ED22
Bramley RG10/4526 ED5
In the 1861 Census for Calverley with Farsley, on the Enumeration District
for the Farsley section of Stanningley (RG9/3345
ED6), the enumerator took care to differentiate which part of Stanningley
a person was born, but this is a unique example.
For registration purposes, a birth, marriage or death that took
place in either the Calverley with Farsley (green) or Pudsey (blue) sections
would show as being registered in Bradford (except for the years 1892 to 1937
when both Calverley with Farsley and Pudsey came under North Bierley). The Bramley section
of Stanningley (yellow) was in the district of Hunslet until 1862, then in
Kirkstall until March 1863, then Bramley until 1904 then as Armley and Bramley until 1925, though at Leeds Register Office
the entries are almost always shown in Kirkstall sub-district.
Someone born in Stanningley could show up in any of these district registers,
depending when they were born and which side of the road they lived on. Thankfully,
all records from all these sub-districts are all together and can be found
at Leeds Register Office, not Bradford. There is a very important exception:
'Registrar attending' marriages
Before non-conformists churches and chapels were allowed to register marriages that they conducted, a registrar had to be present. This meant that those events were listed as being conducted by the register office of that district. Those marriages that were registered by the churches themselves, are all to be found at Leeds Register Office, while those conducted before, can be found in the records office as listed in the chart below.
Simplified chart, blue records are at Bradford, yellow records are at Leeds:
