Electoral Registers: 'L' place names
Below is an alphabetical list of 'L' 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laisterdyke | 1965-1970 | Bradford | - |
| 1971-1985 | Bradford North | - | |
| Lake Lock | 1920-1948 | Rothwell | Stanley |
| 1949-2003 | Normanton | - | |
| 2002-to date | Wakefield | Normanton Constituency | |
| Lancing | 1965-1970 | Sheffield | Book 2, ward of Moor. 1967 ward of Sharrow |
| 1971-1973 | Sheffield Park | - | |
| Langbar | - | - | see Nesfield-with-Langbar |
| Langcliffe | 1840-1865 | West Riding | Settle |
| 1862-1885 | North | Settle * | |
| 1886-1974 | Skipton | - | |
| Langfield | 1840-1865 | West Riding | Hebden Bridge |
| 1862-1869 | North | Hebden Bridge * | |
| 1870-1885 | North | Langfield | |
| 1886-1983 | Sowerby | Todmorden, 1977 see also Stoodley | |
| 1984-1985 | Calder Valley | - | |
| Langsett | 1840-1855 | West Riding | Barnsley |
| 1856-1865 | West Riding | Penistone | |
| 1862-1884 | South | Penistone * | |
| 1885 | South | Thurlstone | |
| 1886-1915 | Holmfirth | Thurlstone | |
| 1918-1974 | Penistone | - | |
| Langsett (Sheffield) | 1965-1968 | Sheffield | Book 2, ward of Walkley |
| 1969-1970 | Sheffield | Book 1 | |
| 1971-1973 | Sheffield Hillsbro | - | |
| Langthwaite with Tilts | 1840-1865 | West Riding | Doncaster |
| 1862-1868 | South | Doncaster * | |
| Laughton-en-le-Morthen | 1840-1865 | West Riding | Rotherham |
| 1862-1869 | South | Rotherham * | |
| 1870-1885 | South | Anston North & South | |
| 1886-1915 | Doncaster | Laughton | |
| 1918-1974 | Rother Valley | 1924 ward of Thurcroft | |
| Laughton Common | 1924-1974 | Rother Valley | Thurcroft |
| Lausdale | 1965-1973 | Rotherham | - |
| Laverton | 1840-1865 | West Riding | Pateley Bridge |
| 1862-1868 | North | Pateley Bridge * | |
| 1869 | East | Pateley Bridge | |
| 1870-1885 | East | Kirby Malzeard | |
| 1886-1974 | Ripon | - | |
| Lawkland | 1840-1865 | West Riding | Settle |
| 1862-1869 | North | Settle * | |
| 1870-1885 | North | Clapham-cum-Newby | |
| 1885-1974 | Skipton | - | |
| Laycock | 1920-1948 | Keighley | Oakworth, 1939 ward of Keighley |
| 1965-1985 | Keighley | - | |
| Lead | 1840-1863 | West Riding | Aberford |
| 1864-1865 | West Riding | Sherburn | |
| 1862-1868 | South | Sherburn * | |
| 1869-1885 | East | Sherburn | |
| 1886-1974 | Barkston Ash | - | |
| Leathley | 1840-1865 | West Riding | Otley |
| 1862-1868 | North | Otley * | |
| 1869 | East | Otley | |
| 1870-1885 | East | Pool | |
| 1886-1915 | Otley | - | |
| 1918-1948 | Pudsey & Otley | - | |
| 1949-1974 | Ripon | - | |
| Leaveygreave | 1965-1970 | Sheffield | Book 1, ward of Broomhill |
| 1971-1973 | Sheffield Hallam | - | |
| Ledsham | 1840-1863 | West Riding | Aberford |
| 1864-1865 | West Riding | Sherburn | |
| 1862-1868 | South | Sherburn * | |
| 1869-1885 | East | Sherburn | |
| 1886-1915 | Osgoldcross | Kippax | |
| 1918-1983 | Barkston Ash | - | |
| 1984-1985 | Elmet | - | |
| Ledston[e] | 1840-1863 | West Riding | Aberford |
| 1864-1865 | West Riding | Sherburn | |
| 1862-1868 | South | Sherburn * | |
| 1869-1884 | East | Sherburn | |
| 1885 | East | Castleford | |
| 1886-1915 | Osgoldcross | Kippax | |
| 1918-1983 | Barkston Ash | - | |
| 1984-1985 | Elmet | - | |
| Ledston Luck | 1975-1983 | Barkston Ash | see also Ledston (above) |
| 1984-1985 | Elmet | - | |
| Lee Brigg (Altofts) | 1920-2003 | Normanton | - |
| Leeds | 1840-1865 | West Riding | Leeds. Note: Leeds Borough registers are held at Leeds Central Library |
| 1862-1868 | North | Leeds * | |
| 1869-1885 | East | Leeds | |
| 1886-1915 | Pudsey | - | |
| 1926-1948 | Rothwell | part only | |
| 1965-1970 | Leeds | - | |
| Leeds Airborough ward | 1980-1985 | Pudsey | - |
| Leeds Armley ward | 1980-1985 | Leeds West | - |
| Leeds Barwick & Kippax ward | 1980-1983 | Barkston Ash | - |
| 1984-1985 | Elmet | - | |
| Leeds Beeston ward | 1980-1983 | Leeds South | - |
| 1984-1985 | Leeds Central | - | |
| Leeds Bramley ward | 1980-1985 | Leeds West | - |
| Leeds Burmantofts ward | 1980-1983 | Leeds SE | part only |
| 1980-1985 | Leeds East | part only | |
| Leeds Chapel Allerton ward | 1980-1985 | Leeds NE | part only |
| 1980-1983 | Leeds SE | part only | |
| Leeds City & Holbeck ward | 1980-1983 | Leeds South | part only |
| 1980-1983 | Leeds SE | part only | |
| 1980-1983 | Leeds West | part only | |
| 1984-1985 | Leeds Central | - | |
| Leeds Cookridge ward | 1980-1985 | Leeds NW | - |
| Leeds Garforth & Swillington ward | 1980-1983 | Barkston Ash | part only |
| 1980-1983 | Normanton | part only | |
| 1984-1985 | Elmet | - | |
| Leeds Gipton ward | 1980-1983 | Leeds East | - |
| Leeds Halton ward | 1980-1983 | Barkston Ash | part only |
| 1980-1985 | Leeds East | part only | |
| Leeds Harehills ward | 1980-1983 | Leeds NE | part only |
| 1980-1983 | Leeds SE | part only | |
| 1980-1985 | Leeds East | - | |
| Leeds Headingley ward | 1980-1985 | Leeds NW | part only |
| 1980-1983 | Leeds SE | part only | |
| Leeds Horsforth ward | 1980-1985 | Pudsey | - |
| Leeds Hunslet ward | 1980-1983 | Normanton | part only |
| 1980-1983 | Leeds South | part only | |
| 1984-1985 | Morley & Leeds South | - | |
| Leeds Kirkstall ward | 1980-1983 | Leeds NW | part only |
| 1980-1983 | Leeds SE | part only | |
| 1984-1985 | Leeds West | - | |
| Leeds Middleton ward | 1980-1983 | Normanton | part only |
| 1980-1983 | Leeds South | part only | |
| 1984-1985 | Morley & Leeds South | - | |
| Leeds Moortown ward | 1980-1983 | Leeds NW | part only |
| 1980-1985 | Leeds NE | part only | |
| Leeds North ward | 1980-1983 | Barkston Ash | part only |
| 1980-1983 | Leeds NW | part only | |
| 1980-1985 | Leeds NE | part only | |
| Leeds Otley & Wharfedale ward | 1980-1983 | Pudsey | part only |
| 1980-1983 | Ripon | part only | |
| 1980-1985 | Leeds NW | part only | |
| Leeds Pudsey ward | 1980-1985 | Pudsey | part only |
| 1980-1983 | Leeds West | part only | |
| Leeds Richmond Hill ward | 1980-1983 | Leeds SE | part only |
| 1980-1983 | Leeds East | part only | |
| 1984-1985 | Leeds Central | - | |
| Leeds Road (Huddersfield) | 1965-1968 | Huddersfield | Fartown |
| 1969-1983 | Huddersfield E | - | |
| 1984-1985 | Huddersfield | - | |
| Leeds Rothwell ward | 1980-2003 | Normanton | - |
| Leeds Roundhay ward | 1980-1985 | Leeds NE | - |
| Leeds Seacroft ward | 1980-1985 | Leeds East | - |
| Leeds University ward | 1980-1983 | Leeds NE | part only |
| 1980-1983 | Leeds SE | part only | |
| 1984-1985 | Leeds Central | - | |
| Leeds Weetwood ward | 1980-1985 | Leeds NW | - |
| Leeds Wetherby ward | 1980-1983 | Barkston Ash | - |
| 1984-1985 | Elmet | - | |
| Leeds Whinmoor ward | 1980-1983 | Barkston Ash | part only |
| 1980-1983 | Leeds NE | part only | |
| 1980-1983 | Leeds East | part only | |
| 1984-1985 | Elmet | - | |
| Leeds Wortley ward | 1980-1985 | Leeds West | - |
| Lee Mount | 1965-1985 | Halifax | 1980-1985 wards of Ovenden and St John's |
| Lees Moor | 1965-1985 | Dewsbury | - |
| Lepton | 1840-1865 | West Riding | Huddersfield |
| 1862-1869 | South | Huddersfield * | |
| 1870-1885 | South | Kirkburton | |
| 1886-1915 | Holmfirth | Lepton | |
| 1918-1948 | Spen Valley | 1938 ward of Kirkburton | |
| 1949-1954 | Colne Valley | - | |
| 1965-1968 | Huddersfield | - | |
| 1969-1983 | Huddersfield E | - | |
| Letwell | 1840-1865 | West Riding | Rotherham |
| 1862-1869 | South | Rotherham * | |
| 1870-1885 | South | Anston North & South | |
| 1886-1915 | Doncaster | - | |
| 1918-1974 | Rother Valley | - | |
| Lightcliffe | 1937-1948 | Elland | Brighouse |
| 1965-1983 | Brig & Spen | - | |
| 1984-1985 | Calder Valley | - | |
| Lindley | 1840-1865 | West Riding | Otley |
| 1862-1868 | North | Otley * | |
| 1869 | East | Otley | |
| 1870-1885 | East | Pool | |
| 1886-1915 | Otley | - | |
| 1918-1948 | Pudsey & Otley | - | |
| 1949-1974 | Ripon | - | |
| Lindley-cum-Quarmby | 1840-1865 | West Riding | Huddersfield |
| 1862-1885 | South | Huddersfield * | |
| 1886-1915 | Colne Valley | - | |
| 1937-1948 | Elland | Huddersfield | |
| 1965-1968 | Huddersfield | - | |
| 1969-1983 | Huddersfield W | - | |
| 1984-1985 | Colne Valley | - | |
| Lindrick-with-Studley Royal & Fountains | 1840-1865 | West Riding | Ripon |
| 1862-1868 | North | Ripon * | |
| 1869-1885 | East | Ripon | |
| 1886-1974 | Ripon | - | |
| Lindsay | 1965-1970 | Sheffield | Book 2, ward of Nethershire. 1966 ward of Southey Green. |
| 1971-1973 | Sheffield Bright | - | |
| Lingards | 1840-1865 | West Riding | Huddersfield |
| 1862-1869 | South | Huddersfield * | |
| 1870-1885 | South | Slaithwaite | |
| 1886-1938 | Colne Valley | Slaithwaite, see also Slaithwaite | |
| Lingwell Gate | 1975-2003 | Normanton | Wrenthorpe ward of Stanley, see also Outwood |
| 2002-to date | Wakefield | Normanton Constituency | |
| Linthwaite | 1840-1865 | West Riding | Huddersfield |
| 1862-1869 | South | Huddersfield * | |
| 1870-1885 | South | Slaithwaite | |
| 1886-1985 | Colne Valley | from 1965 part only. 1938 SE ward of Colne Valley; Crosland Moor, Lockwood and Milnsbridge wards to 1949 | |
| 1965-1968 | Huddersfield | part only | |
| 1969-1983 | Huddersfield W | part only, ward of Milnsbridge | |
| Linton (near Threshfield) | 1840-1855 | West Riding | Skipton |
| 1856-1865 | West Riding | Grassington | |
| 1862-1885 | North | Grassington * | |
| 1886-1974 | Skipton | - | |
| Linton (Wetherby) | 1840-1855 | West Riding | Knaresborough |
| 1856-1865 | West Riding | Wetherby | |
| 1862-1868 | North | Wetherby * | |
| 1869-1885 | East | Wetherby | |
| 1886-1936 | Barkston Ash | for 1937 see Collingham | |
| Listerhills | 1965-1970 | Bradford | - |
| Little Fenton | 1840-1863 | West Riding | Aberford |
| 1864-1865 | West Riding | Sherburn | |
| 1862-1868 | South | Sherburn * | |
| 1869-1885 | East | Sherburn | |
| 1886-1974 | Barkston Ash | - | |
| Little Horton | 1965-1970 | Bradford | - |
| 1971-1985 | Bradford West | from 1980-1983 part only | |
| 1980-1983 | Bradford North | part only | |
| Little Houghton | pre 1955 | - | see Houghton Parva |
| 1955-1974 | Hemsworth | - | |
| Little Ouseburn | 1840-1863 | West Riding | Knaresborough |
| 1864-1865 | West Riding | Boroughbridge | |
| 1862 | North | Knaresborogh * | |
| 1863-1868 | North | Boroughbridge * | |
| 1869 | East | Boroughbridge | |
| 1870-1884 | East | Kirk Hammerton | |
| 1885 | East | Great Ouseburn | |
| 1886-1948 | Ripon | Great Ouseburn | |
| 1949-1974 | Harrogate | - | |
| Little Ribston | pre 1950 | - | see Ribston Little |
| 1950-1974 | Barkston Ash | - | |
| Little Smeaton | 1840-1865 | West Riding | Pontefract |
| 1862-1868 | South | Pontefract * | |
| 1869 | East | Pontefract | |
| 1870-1885 | East | Askern | |
| 1886-1915 | Osgoldcross | Little Smeaton | |
| 1918-1974 | Hemsworth | - | |
| Littlethorpe | 1920-1974 | Ripon | - |
| Littletown | 1920-1948 | Spen Valley | Spen & Littletown-Liversedge ward |
| 1965-1983 | Brig & Spen | Spen ward of Spenborough | |
| 1984-1985 | Batley & Spen | - | |
| Litton | 1840-1855 | West Riding | Settle |
| 1856-1865 | West Riding | Grassington | |
| 1862-1869 | North | Grassington * | |
| 1870-1873 | North | Kettlewell-with-Starbottom | |
| 1874-1885 | North | Arncliffe | |
| 1886-1974 | Skipton | - | |
| Liversedge | 1840-1865 | West Riding | Birstall |
| 1862-1868 | North | Birstall * | |
| 1869 | East | Birstall | |
| 1870-1885 | East | Liversedge | |
| 1886-1948 | Spen Valley | Hightown, Littletown, Roberttown & Spen wards | |
| 1965-1983 | Brig & Spen | - | |
| 1984-1985 | Batley & Spen | - | |
| Lock Lane | 1920-1949 | Barkston Ash | Allerton Bywater, 1939 Wheldale Lock Lane ward of Castleford |
| Lockwood | 1840-1865 | West Riding | Huddersfield |
| 1862-1885 | South | Huddersfield * | |
| 1886-1918 | Colne Valley | - | |
| 1937-1949 | Colne Valley | part only, ward of Huddersfield | |
| 1965-1968 | Huddersfield | - | |
| 1969-1983 | Huddersfield W | - | |
| Lodge Moor | 1965-1966 | Sheffield | Book 1, ward of Hallam |
| 1967-1968 | Sheffield | Book 2, 1968 see also Hallam Grange | |
| 1969-1970 | Sheffield | Book 1 | |
| 1971-1973 | Sheffield Hallam | - | |
| Lofthouse (near Ripon) | 1920-1974 | Ripon | Fountains Earth and to 1948 Stonebeck Up & Down |
| Lofthouse-with-Carlton | 1840-1865 | West Riding | Wakefield |
| 1862-1869 | South | Wakefield * | |
| 1870-1874 | South | Lofthouse | |
| 1875-1885 | South | Rothwell | |
| 1886-1915 | Morley | - | |
| 1918-1948 | Rothwell | - | |
| 1949-1983 | Normanton | - | |
| 1984-1985 | Morley & Leeds South | - | |
| Lofthouse Gate | 1921-1948 | Rothwell | 1938 Outwood ward of Stanley |
| 1949-2003 | Normanton | - | |
| 2002-to date | Wakefield | Normanton Constituency | |
| Long Drax | 1920-1974 | Barkston Ash | - |
| Longley | 1965-1966 | Sheffield | Book 2, ward of Southey Green |
| 1967-1970 | Sheffield | Book 1, 1967 ward of Firth Park | |
| 1971-1973 | Sheffield Bright | - | |
| Long Marston | 1920-1974 | Barkston Ash | - |
| Long Preston | 1840-1865 | West Riding | Settle |
| 1862-1869 | North | Settle * | |
| 1870-1885 | North | Long Preston | |
| 1886-1974 | Skipton | - | |
| Longroyde | 1965-1983 | Brig & Spen | Brighouse |
| 1984-1985 | Calder Valley | - | |
| Long Sandall | 1868-1885 | South | Doncaster. See also Wheatley |
| Longwood | 1840-1865 | West Riding | Huddersfield |
| 1862-1885 | South | Huddersfield * | |
| 1886-1915 | Colne Valley | - | |
| 1937-1948 | Elland | Huddersfield | |
| Longwood Gate | 1965-1968 | Huddersfield | - |
| 1969-1983 | Huddersfield W | - | |
| Lopham | 1965-1970 | Sheffield | Book 1, ward of Burngreave |
| 1971-1973 | Sheffield Park | - | |
| Lothersdale | 1920-1974 | Skipton | - |
| Lotherton-cum-Aberford | 1840-1863 | West Riding | Aberford |
| 1864-1865 | West Riding | Sherburn | |
| 1862-1868 | South | Sherburn * | |
| 1869 | East | Sherburn | |
| 1870-1885 | East | Aberford | |
| 1886-1983 | Barkston Ash | - | |
| 1984-1985 | Elmet | - | |
| Loversall | 1840-1865 | West Riding | Doncaster |
| 1862-1885 | South | Doncaster * | |
| 1886-1920 | Doncaster | Balby-with-Hexthorpe | |
| 1920-1974 | Don Valley | - | |
| Low Bradfield | 1840-1865 | West Riding | Bradfield |
| 1862-1885 | South | Bradfield * | |
| 1886-1915 | Hallamshire | - | |
| Low Common | 1982-1983 | Dewsbury | Ossett |
| 1984-to date | Wakefield | - | |
| Low Edges | 1968-1970 | Sheffield | Book 1, ward of Gleadless |
| 1971-1973 | Sheffield Heeley | see also Greenhill | |
| Lower Bentham | - | - | see Bentham |
| Lowerhouses | 1965-1968 | Huddersfield | Almondbury |
| 1969-1983 | Huddersfield E | - | |
| 1984-1985 | Huddersfield | - | |
| Lowfield | 1965-1970 | Sheffield | Book 2, ward of Sharrow |
| 1971-1973 | Sheffield Park | - | |
| Low Moor | - | - | see North Bierley |
| Lowshiregreen & Hartley Brook | 1840-1865 | West Riding | Ecclesfield[?] |
| 1874-1885 | South | Ecclesfield | |
| 1886-1896 | Hallamshire | Winconbank | |
| 1897-1915 | Hallamshire | Ecclesfield | |
| Lowtown | 1920-1948 | Pudsey & Otley | Pudsey |
| 1965-1985 | Pudsey | - | |
| Low Valley | 1920-1948 | Wentworth | Darfield |
| 1949-1974 | Dearne Valley | - | |
| Loxley | 1950-1974 | Penistone | Bradfield |
| Luddenden | 1965-1983 | Halifax | Warley, 1980 ward of Luddenden Foot |
| 1984-1985 | Calder Valley | - | |
| Luddenden Foot | 1840-1865 | West Riding | - |
| 1862-1885 | North | Midgley/Sowerby Bridge/Warley[?] | |
| 1886 | Sowerby | Midgley/Sowerby Bridge/Warley[?] | |
| 1887-1915 | Sowerby | Luddenden Foot | |
| 1918-1983 | Sowerby | Blackwood Hall/Denholme. 1938 ward of Sowerby Bridge, 1980 ward of Luddenden Foot | |
| 1984-1985 | Calder Valley | - | |
| Luddenden Foot ward | 1980-1983 | Halifax | - |
| 1984-1985 | Calder Valley | - | |
| Lupset | 1920-1948 | Rothwell | Wakefield, see also Westgate and Snapethorpe |
| 1965-to date | Wakefield | from 2002 Wakefield Constituency | |
| Lydgate (Lepton) | 1920-1948 | Colne Valley | Springhead |
| Lydgate (Sheffield) | 1965-1970 | Sheffield | Book 1, ward of Hallam. 1967 ward of Broomhill |
| 1971-1973 | Sheffield Hallam | - | |
| Lydgate (near Todmorden) | - | - | see Cornholme |
| Lyons | 1965-1967 | Sheffield | Book 1, ward of Firth Park. 1967 ward of Burngreave, for 1968 see Carwood |
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