East Hardwick

East Hardwick
East Hardwick  East Hardwick shown within West Yorkshire
Civil parish	East Hardwick
District	Wakefield
Shire county	West Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	PONTEFRACT
Postcode district	WF8
Dialling code	01977
Police	West Yorkshire
Fire	West Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
EU Parliament	Yorkshire and the Humber
UK Parliament	Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford
List of places UK England Yorkshire

Coordinates: 53°39′40″N 1°18′02″W / 53.661085°N 1.300682°W / 53.661085; -1.300682

East Hardwick is a village and civil parish in the City of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England. It has a population of 191.^[1] Until 1974 it was part of Osgoldcross Rural District.

The name 'East Hardwick' has its origins in Old English. The 'East' distinguishes it from West Hardwick, and 'Hardwick' comes from the Old English phrase heorde-wīc, meaning a herd farm or a farm for livestock. The village was recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Harduic.

The A639 road cuts through the western portion of the village, linking the settlement with Pontefract to the north and the A1 and Doncaster to the south-east.

There is also a small church: St Stephen's. There is no village shop or post office.

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