Municipal Borough of Pudsey

Pudsey was a local government district in the West Riding of Yorkshire from 1872 to 1974 around the town of Pudsey, covering Farsley, Calverley, Stanningley, Swinnow and Rodley.

Pudsey
Area
• 1911	2,399 acres (9.71 km^2)
• 1961	5,323 acres (21.54 km^2)
History
• Origin	Pudsey parish
• Created	1894
• Abolished	1974
Status	Local Government District (1872 - 1894) Urban district (1894 - 1900) Municipal borough (after 1900)

A local board formed for the parish of Pudsey in 1872. It became an urban district in 1894 and gained the status of municipal borough in 1900.[1]

In 1937 it absorbed Calverley Urban District (2106 acres) and Farsley Urban District (821 acres).

It was abolished in 1974 and its former area became part of the City of Leeds, a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire.

Coat of arms of Municipal Borough of Pudsey

Notes Granted in 1901, based on the arms used by the Pudsey family. [2] Escutcheon Argent on a chevron Vert between two pairs of shuttles saltirewise in chief and a woolpack in base Proper three mullets pierced Or all within a bordure engrailed Gules charged with eight roses of the field. Motto Be Just And Fear Not

References

1. Great Britain Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Pudsey MB/UD. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
2. Arthur Charles Fox-Davies (1915). The book of public arms : a complete encyclopædia of all royal, territorial, municipal, corporate, official, and impersonal arms.