West Hardwick

53°39′40″N 1°22′05″W / 53.661°N 1.368°W / 53.661; -1.368

West Hardwick is a village and civil parish in the City of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England. It has a population of 29.[1] Until 1974 it formed part of Hemsworth Rural District. The population at the 2011 Census remained minimal. Details are included in the parish of Hessle and Hill Top.

The name Hardwick derives from the Old English phrase heorde-wīc, meaning a herd farm or a farm for livestock.[2]

References

  1. ^ Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Wakefield Retrieved 12 September 2009
  2. ^ Ekwall, Eilert (1960). The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names (4 ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 219. OCLC 1228215388.


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