Ossett in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Ossett, entered under the hundred of Agbrigg in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Agbrigg

• Ackton
• Almondbury
• Austonley
• Bradley
• Cartworth
• Crigglestone
• Crofton
• Dalton
• Emley
• Farnley [Tyas]
• Flockton
• Fulstone
• Golcar
• Hepworth

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Ossett is not securely established from its modern form alone; like many settlement names in the North it likely combines an Old English or Old Norse personal name with a landscape term.

Remarkably, the name has changed little since 1086, when the Domesday scribes wrote it as Ossett.

Listed Buildings Near Ossett

Historic England records 9 listed buildings within about a mile of Ossett. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II*

• Church of the Holy Trinity - 0.68 km

Grade II

• 22 and 24 Wesley Street - 0.08 km
• K6 Telephone Kiosk 25 Metres west of Town Hall - 0.24 km
• Ossett War Memorial - 0.26 km
• Town Hall - 0.29 km
• Former Primitive Methodist Chapel - 0.41 km
• Springstone House - 0.78 km
• Ossett Grammar School Formerly Known As Park House - 1.23 km
• Christ Church - 1.29 km

Ossett Today

Today Ossett lies within the administrative area of Wakefield, and the settlement recorded a population of 21,861 at recent figures. Nine and a half centuries separate that figure from the small rural community the Domesday survey recorded here in 1086.

Read more about modern Ossett on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:

• Earlsheaton - 2.2 km NW
• Horbury - 2.8 km SE
• Dewsbury - 3.2 km W
• Shitlington - 3.2 km S
• Thornhill - 3.6 km SW
• Hanging Heaton - 3.6 km NW