Secondly, the Local Government Act 1929 obliged county councils to conduct a review of all districts within their jurisdiction.
West Riding County Council made an order in 1938 that saw it exchange territory with neighbouring rural districts.
They were blazoned as follows: Sable on a Mount in base an Oak Tree proper fructed Or on a Chief Gules a Cross couped Gold between two Roses Argent barbed and seeded also proper; and for a Crest: Out of a Circlet Azure charged with a Crescent Argent between two Mullets of six points Or a Bull's Head Sable armed Gold.
The crest on top of a helm and mantling was a black bull's head from the arms of Robert Holgate, Archbishop of York, who endowed a hospital in Hemsworth.
[3] The district was abolished in 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972, which reorganised council areas throughout England and Wales.