Electoral Registers: 'F' place names
Below is an alphabetical list of 'F' place names. The dates given in the second column show which Division a place was part of at different times.
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Key: * = where the West Riding Division registers were compiled in addition to the North and South Divisions registers (this was during the period 1862-1865). In these instances a place should appear in both the West Riding series and either the North or the South Division registers.
| Place | Dates | Division | Polling District/Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairburn | 1840-1865 | West Riding | Pontefract |
| 1862-1868 | South | Pontefract * | |
| 1869 | East | Pontefract | |
| 1870-1885 | East | Knottingley | |
| 1886-1915 | Osgoldcross | - | |
| 1918-1948 | Pontefract | - | |
| 1949-1974 | Goole | - | |
| Fairest (Hamlet) | 1874-1885 | South | Bradfield |
| Fairfield | 1963-1983 | Sowerby | Hebden Royd, see also Hebden Bridge |
| 1984-1985 | Calder Valley | - | |
| Fairhurst | 1886-1915 | Hallamshire | Bradfield |
| Far Headingley | 1920-1948 | Pudsey & Otley | - |
| 1965-1968 | Leeds | Book 2, Far Headingley (NW). For 1969 see Cookridge (NW), Kirkstall (NW) and Weetwood (NW) | |
| Far Lane | 1965-1973 | Rotherham | - |
| Farnham | 1840-1965 | West Riding | Knaresborough |
| 1862-1868 | North | Knaresborough * | |
| 1869-1885 | East | Knaresborough | |
| 1886-1948 | Ripon | - | |
| 1949-1974 | Harrogate | - | |
| Farnhill | 1840-1855 | West Riding | Skipton |
| 1856-1865 | West Riding | Kildwick | |
| 1862-1869 | North | Kildwick * | |
| 1870-1885 | North | Glusburn | |
| 1886-1974 | Skipton | Farnhill | |
| Farnley (Leeds) | 1840-1865 | West Riding | Leeds |
| 1862-1868 | North | Leeds * | |
| 1869 | East | Leeds | |
| 1870-1885 | East | Wortley | |
| 1886-1915 | Pudsey | - | |
| 1918-1920 | Pudsey & Otley | - | |
| Farnley (nr Otley) | 1840-1865 | West Riding | Otley |
| 1862-1868 | North | Otley * | |
| 1869-1885 | East | Otley | |
| 1886-1915 | Otley | - | |
| 1918-1948 | Pudsey & Otley | - | |
| 1949-1974 | Ripon | - | |
| Farnley Tyas | 1840-1865 | West Riding | Huddersfield |
| 1862-1868 | South | Huddersfield * | |
| 1869-1885 | South | Kirkburton | |
| 1886-1915 | Holmfirth | - | |
| 1918-1954 | Colne Valley | 1938 ward of Kirkburton | |
| Farsley | pre 1920 | - | see Calverley & Farsley |
| 1920-1948 | Pudsey & Otley | 1938 ward of Pudsey | |
| 1965-1985 | Pudsey | - | |
| Fartown | 1965-1968 | Huddersfield | - |
| 1969-1983 | Huddersfield E | - | |
| 1984-1985 | Huddersfield | - | |
| Fartown - Fulneck | 1965-1985 | Pudsey | - |
| Featherstone | 1840-1865 | West Riding | Pontefract |
| 1862-1868 | South | Pontefract * | |
| 1869-1885 | East | Pontefract | |
| 1886-1915 | Osgoldcross | Featherstone | |
| 1918-1948 | Normanton | - | |
| 1965-1970 | Pontefract | - | |
| 1971-1982 | Pont & Cas | - | |
| 1983-2003 | Hemsworth | - | |
| 2002-to date | Wakefield | Hemsworth Constituency | |
| Felliscliffe | 1840-1863 | West Riding | Knaresborough |
| 1864-1865 | West Riding | Bilton-with-Harrogate | |
| 1862 | North | Knaresborough * | |
| 1863-1868 | North | Bilton-with-Harrogate * | |
| 1869-1884 | East | Bilton-with-Harrogate | |
| 1885 | East | Dacre | |
| 1886-1948 | Ripon | Birstwith | |
| 1949-1974 | Harrogate | - | |
| Fenay Bridge | 1965-1968 | Huddersfield | Almondbury |
| 1969-1983 | Huddersfield E | - | |
| 1984-1985 | Huddersfield | - | |
| Fenwick | 1840-1865 | West Riding | Doncaster |
| 1862-1868 | South | Doncaster * | |
| 1869 | East | Pontefract | |
| 1870-1885 | East | Askern | |
| 1886-1915 | Osgoldcross | - | |
| 1918-1974 | Don Valley | - | |
| Feoffes | 1965-1973 | Rotherham | - |
| Ferham | 1965-1973 | Rotherham | - |
| Fernside | 1965-1968 | Huddersfield | Almondbury |
| 1969-1983 | Huddersfield E | - | |
| 1984-1985 | Huddersfield | - | |
| Ferrensby | 1840-1865 | West Riding | Knaresborough |
| 1862-1868 | North | Knaresborough * | |
| 1869-1885 | East | Knaresborough | |
| 1886-1948 | Ripon | - | |
| 1949-1974 | Harrogate | - | |
| Ferrybridge | 1920-1948 | Pontefract | 1937 ward of Knottingley |
| 1949-1983 | Goole | - | |
| 1984-2003 | Pont & Cas | - | |
| 2002-to date | Wakefield | Pontefract Constituency | |
| Ferry Fryston | 1840-1865 | West Riding | Pontefract |
| 1862-1868 | South | Pontefract * | |
| 1869 | East | Pontefract | |
| 1870-1885 | East | Knottingley | |
| 1886-1915 | Osgoldcross | - | |
| 1918-1948 | Pontefract | 1938 ward of Castleford | |
| 1965-1970 | Pontefract | - | |
| 1971-2003 | Pont & Cas | - | |
| 2002-to date | Wakefield | Pontefract Constituency | |
| Fewston(e) | 1840-1865 | West Riding | Otley |
| 1862-1868 | North | Otley * | |
| 1869 | East | Otley | |
| 1870-1885 | East | Fewstone | |
| 1886-1915 | Otley | - | |
| 1918-1948 | Pudsey & Otley | - | |
| 1949-1974 | Ripon | - | |
| Firbeck | 1840-1865 | West Riding | Rotherham |
| 1862-1869 | South | Rotherham * | |
| 1870-1885 | South | Anston North & South | |
| 1886-1915 | Doncaster | Maltby | |
| 1918-1974 | Rother Valley | - | |
| Firbeck | 1965-1970 | Sheffield | Book 2, ward of Woodseats. 1966 ward of Heeley |
| 1971-1973 | Sheffield Heeley | - | |
| Firth Park | 1930-1949 | Penistone | Ecclesfield Urban. 1934 ward of Sheffield |
| Firth Park ward | 1965-1970 | Sheffield | Book 1 |
| 1971-1973 | Sheffield Bright | - | |
| Fir Vale | 1965-1970 | Sheffield | Book 1, ward of Firth Park |
| 1971-1973 | Sheffield Bright | - | |
| Fishlake | 1840-1855 | West Riding | Doncaster |
| 1856-1865 | West Riding | Thorne | |
| 1862-1869 | South | Thorne * | |
| 1870-1884 | South | Stainforth | |
| 1885 | South | Fishlake | |
| 1886-1915 | Doncaster | Fishlake | |
| 1918-1948 | Don Valley | - | |
| 1949-1974 | Goole | - | |
| Fitzalan | 1965-1970 | Sheffield | Book 1, ward of Darnall |
| 1971-1973 | Sheffield Atter | - | |
| Fitzwilliam | 1920-2003 | Hemsworth | Hemsworth |
| 2002-to date | Wakefield | Hemsworth Constituency | |
| Fixby | 1840-1863 | West Riding | Halifax |
| 1864-1865 | West Riding | Brighouse | |
| 1862-1869 | North | Brighouse * | |
| 1870-1885 | North | Rastrick | |
| 1886-1948 | Elland | - | |
| Flanshaw | 1965-to date | Wakefield | 1971 West Alverthorpe ward. |
| Flasby-with-Winterburn | 1840-1865 | West Riding | Skipton |
| 1862-1869 | North | Skipton * | |
| 1870-1885 | North | Gargrave | |
| 1886-1974 | Skipton | - | |
| Flatts | 1965-1985 | Dewsbury | - |
| Flaxby | 1840-1865 | West Riding | Knaresborough |
| 1862-1868 | North | Knaresborough * | |
| 1869-1885 | East | Knaresborough | |
| 1886-1948 | Ripon | - | |
| 1949-1974 | Harrogate | - | |
| Flockton-over-Nether | 1840-1865 | West Riding | Wakefield |
| 1862-1869 | South | Wakefield * | |
| 1870-1884 | South | Horbury | |
| 1885 | South | Shitlington | |
| 1886-1915 | Normanton | Emley | |
| 1918-1948 | Rothwell | - | |
| 1949-1954 | Colne Valley | - | |
| 1965-1968 | Huddersfield | - | |
| 1969-1983 | Huddersfield E | - | |
| Flushdyke | 1965-1983 | Dewsbury | Ossett |
| 1984-2003 | Normanton | - | |
| Fockerby | 1840-1855 | West Riding | Snaith |
| 1856-1865 | West Riding | Goole | |
| 1862-1868 | South | Goole * | |
| 1869 | East | Goole | |
| 1870-1885 | East | Whitgift | |
| 1920-1948 | Pontefract | - | |
| 1949-1974 | Goole | - | |
| Follifoot | 1840-1865 | West Riding | Knaresborough |
| 1862-1868 | North | Knaresborough * | |
| 1869 | East | Knaresborough | |
| 1870-1884 | East | Bilton-with-Harrogate | |
| 1885 | East | Spofforth | |
| 1886-1948 | Ripon | Pannal | |
| 1949-1974 | Harrogate | - | |
| Foolstone | - | - | see Fulstone (below) |
| Forest of Bowland Higher & Lower | 1840-1855 | West Riding | Gisburn |
| 1856-1865 | West Riding | Slaidburn | |
| 1862-1885 | North | Slaidburn * | |
| 1886-1974 | Skipton | - | |
| Foulby with Huntwick & Nostell | 1840-1865 | West Riding | Pontefract |
| 1862-1868 | South | Pontefract * | |
| 1869 | East | Pontefract | |
| 1870-1885 | East | Ackworth | |
| 1886-1915 | Osgoldcross | - | |
| 1918-1920 | Hemsworth | From 1920 see Huntwick | |
| Fountains Earth | 1840-1865 | West Riding | Pateley Bridge |
| 1862-1868 | North | Pateley Bridge * | |
| 1869 | East | Pateley Bridge | |
| 1870-1885 | East | Ramsgill | |
| 1886-1974 | Ripon | - | |
| Fox Hill | 1965-1970 | Sheffield | Book 2, ward of Owlerton |
| 1971-1973 | Sheffield Hillsbro | - | |
| Freedom | 1965-1966 | Sheffield | Book 2, ward of Walkley |
| 1967 | Sheffield | Book 1, for 1968 see Greaves | |
| Friezland - Greenfield | 1920-1949 | Colne Valley | - |
| Fryston | 1929-1948 | Pontefract | Ferry Fryston, 1939 ward of Castleford. |
| 1965-1970 | Pontefract | - | |
| 1971-2003 | Pont & Cas | - | |
| 2002-to date | Wakefield | Pontefract Constituency | |
| Fulneck | 1920-1948 | Pudsey & Otley | Pudsey |
| 1965-1985 | Pudsey | - | |
| Fulneck East | 1965-1985 | Pudsey | - |
| Fulstone | 1840-1865 | West Riding | Holmfirth |
| 1862-1885 | South | Holmfirth * | |
| 1886-1915 | Holmfirth | New Mill | |
| 1918-1974 | Colne Valley | 1939 ward of Holmfirth, see also Dunford | |
| Fulwood | 1965-1966 | Sheffield | Book 1, ward of Hallam |
| 1967-1968 | Sheffield | Book 2 | |
| 1969-1970 | Sheffield | Book 1 | |
| 1971-1973 | Sheffield Hallam | - |
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