Badsworth

Badsworth

Saint Mary the Virgin Church
Badsworth
 Badsworth shown within West Yorkshire
Population 583 
OS grid referenceSE4614
Civil parishBadsworth
Metropolitan boroughCity of Wakefield
Metropolitan county West Yorkshire
RegionYorkshire and the Humber
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town PONTEFRACT
Postcode district WF9
Police West Yorkshire
Fire West Yorkshire
Ambulance Yorkshire
EU Parliament Yorkshire and the Humber
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Coordinates: 53°37′N 1°18′W / 53.62°N 01.30°W

Badsworth is a village and civil parish in the City of Wakefield metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 583.[1] The village is located 6 miles (9.7 km) south of Pontefract.

The name "Badsworth" has its roots in Old English and means "Enclosure of a man called Bæddi". The first element is the person's name Bæddi; the second is the word worth, meaning an enclosure, or enclosed farmstead or settlement. The village was recorded as Badesuuorde in the Domesday Book of 1086.[2]

References

  1. Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Wakefield Retrieved 2009-09-10
  2. 'Oxford Dictionary of British Place-Names', A.D. Mills, Oxford University Press.

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