Barkston, West Riding

Description
Barkston-Ash, a township in Sherburn parish, W. R. Yorkshire, 1 1/2 mile W of Church-Fenton station on the N.E.R., and 4 miles S of Tadcaster, which is the post town. Sherburn (1 1/2 mile) is the money order and telegraph office. Population, 276. There is a chapel of ease and a Wesleyan chapel here.

Barkston-Ash Parliamentary Division (W.R. Yorkshire) was formed under the Redistribution of Seats Act of 1885, and returns one member to the House of Commons. Population, 48,470. The division includes the following:£Barkston-Ash (Lower)£Barlow, Birkin, Brayton, Burn, Burton Salmon, Byram-cum-Poole, Camblesforth, Carlton, Cawood, Chapel Haddlesey, Drax, Drax (Long), Gateforth, Haddlesey (West), Hambleton, Hillam, Hirst Courtnay, Monk Frystone, Newland, Ryther-cum-Ossendike, Selby, Sutton, Temple Hirst, Thorpe Willoughby, Wistow; Barkstone-Ash (Upper, part of)£Barkston, Biggin, Church-Fenton, Fenton (Little), Huddleston-cum-Lumby, Lead, Lotherton-cum-Aberford, Micklefield, Milford (South), Newthorpe, Saxton-cum-Scarthingwell, Sherburn; Skyrack (part of)£Aberford, Addle-cum-Eccup, Alwoodley, Austhorpe, Barwick-in-Elmet, Garforth, Parlington, Preston (Great and Little), Roundhay, Scarcroft, Seacroft, Shadwell, Sturton Grange, Swillington, Temple Newsam, Thorner, Thorpe Stapleton, Wigton, Wike; Tadcaster (part of)£Grimston, Kirkby-Wharf-with-Milford, Newton-Kyme-with-Toulston, Stutton-with-Hazlewood, Tadcaster (West), Towton, Ulleskelf; Wetherby (part of)£ Bardsey-cum-Rigton, Bramham-cum-Oglethorpe, Clifford-cum-Boston, Collingham, Cowthorpe, Dunkeswick, East Keswick, Harewood, Kereby-with-Netherby, Kirk Deighton, Linton, Micklethwaite, North Deighton, Ribston (Little), Sicklinghall, Spofforth (including Stockeld), Wetherby, Wothersome, Weardley.