Badsworth
| Badsworth | |
 Saint Mary the Virgin Church |
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  Badsworth |
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| Population | 583 |
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| OS grid reference | SE4614 |
| Civil parish | Badsworth |
| Metropolitan borough | City of Wakefield |
| Metropolitan county | West Yorkshire |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | PONTEFRACT |
| Postcode district | WF9 |
| Police | West Yorkshire |
| Fire | West Yorkshire |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
| EU Parliament | Yorkshire and the Humber |
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
- ↑ Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Wakefield Retrieved 2009-09-10
- ↑ 'Oxford Dictionary of British Place-Names', A.D. Mills, Oxford University Press.
External links
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Media related to Badsworth at Wikimedia Commons - Badsworth in the Domesday Book