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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] increasing to 682 at the 2011 Census[2] The village is located 6 miles (9.7 km) south of Pontefract.

Badsworth

Saint Mary the Virgin Church
Badsworth
Location within West Yorkshire
Population682 (2011)
OS grid referenceSE4614
Civil parish
  • Badsworth
Metropolitan borough
  • City of Wakefield
Metropolitan county
  • West Yorkshire
Region
  • Yorkshire and the Humber
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townPONTEFRACT
Postcode districtWF9
PoliceWest Yorkshire
FireWest Yorkshire
AmbulanceYorkshire
List of places
UK
England
Yorkshire
53.62°N 01.30°W / 53.62; -01.30

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.[3]


See also



References


  1. Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Wakefield Archived 2011-06-13 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2009-09-10
  2. "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighboiurhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
  3. 'Oxford Dictionary of British Place-Names', A.D. Mills, Oxford University Press.



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