Osgoldcross Rural District

Osgoldcross Rural District was a rural district in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England. It was created in 1938, from 19 remaining parishes of the disbanded Pontefract Rural District after three-quarters of its population (but only a small fraction of the area) had been transferred to surrounding authorities - specifically to Castleford (which took 14,145 of the 23,981 in the district in 1931), Knottingley, and Pontefract.

It was named after the Wapentake of Osgoldcross and administered from Pontefract.

Since 1 April 1974, it has formed part of the District of Selby and the City of Wakefield.

At the time of its dissolution it consisted of the following 19 civil parishes. • Balne

• Beal

• Birkin

• Brotherton

• Burton Salmon

• Byram cum Sutton

• Cridling Stubbs

• Darrington

• East Hardwick

• Eggborough

• Fairburn

• Heck

• Hensall

• Hillam

• Kellington

• Monk Fryston

• Stapleton

• Whitley

• Womersley Darrington and East Hardwick went to the City of Wakefield in West Yorkshire. The other 17 parishes went to Selby district in North Yorkshire.