| Pudsey | |
| Origin: | Pudsey parish |
| Status: | Local Government District (1872 - 1894) Urban district (1894 - 1900) Municipal borough (after 1900) |
| Start: | 1894 |
| End: | 1974 |
| Areafirst: | 2399acres |
| Areafirstyear: | 1911 |
| Arealast: | 5323acres |
| Arealastyear: | 1961 |
Pudsey was a local government district in the West Riding of Yorkshire from 1872 to 1974 around the town of Pudsey, covering Farsley, Calverley,and parts of Stanningley, Swinnow and Rodley.
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.
| 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 |
| Notes: | Granted in 1901, based on the arms used by the Pudsey family. [2] |