Editing Rothwell, West Yorkshire (section)

===Administrative history===
Rothwell was an [[ancient parish]], comprising five [[Township (England)|townships]]: [[Lofthouse, West Yorkshire|Lofthouse]] with [[Carlton, Rothwell|Carlton]], [[Middleton, Leeds|Middleton]], [[Oulton, West Yorkshire|Oulton]] with [[Woodlesford]], [[Thorpe on the Hill, West Yorkshire|Thorpe]] and a Rothwell township covering the old village itself and adjoining areas (the latter township also being known as "Rothwell with Rothwell Haigh and Royds Green"). All such townships also became [[civil parish]]es in 1866.<ref>{{cite web |title=Rothwell Ancient Parish / Civil Parish |url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10466131#tab02 |website=A Vision of Britain through Time |publisher=GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth |access-date=7 February 2024}}</ref>

The Rothwell township was made a [[Local board of health#Local Government Act 1858|local government district]] in 1872, governed by a local board.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=23893|page=3924|date=6 September 1872}}</ref> The district was enlarged in 1892 to also include the townships of Lofthouse with Carlton and Thorpe.<ref>{{cite book |title=Annual Report of the Local Government Board |date=1893 |location=London |pages=238 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mp8aAQAAIAAJ&pg=238 |access-date=7 February 2024}}</ref> Such districts were converted into [[Urban district (England and Wales)|urban districts]] in 1894.<ref>[[Local Government Act 1894]]</ref> Shortly afterwards, Rothwell Urban District Council built itself new council offices on Marsh Street in 1895/6.<ref>{{cite book |title=Rothwell Conservation Area Appraisal and Management Plan |publisher=Leeds City Council |date=2010 |pages=7 |url=https://www.leeds.gov.uk/docs/rothwell%20conservation%20area%20appraisal%20and%20management%20plan%20final.pdf |access-date=7 February 2024}}</ref>

The Rothwell Urban District was enlarged in 1937, absorbing Oulton with Woodlesford from the abolished [[Hunslet Rural District]], and [[Methley]], which had been a separate urban district.<ref>{{cite web |title=Rothwell Urban District |url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10055131#tab02 |website=A Vision of Britain through Time |publisher=GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth |access-date=7 February 2024}}</ref> Rothwell Urban District was abolished in 1974 under the [[Local Government Act 1972]], with the area becoming part of the [[metropolitan borough]] of the [[City of Leeds]]. As the 1972 Act went through parliament there was a local campaign to have Rothwell included in the [[City of Wakefield|Wakefield]] district instead of Leeds. This was accepted as an amendment to the bill in the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] but was overturned in the [[House of Lords]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Local Government Bill: Volume 355, debated on Monday 16 October 1972 |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/1972-10-16/debates/f31e435e-701a-4d27-acf9-15f5c76d30c7/LocalGovernmentBill |website=Hansard |publisher=UK Parliament |access-date=7 February 2024}}</ref>