Whitwood is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Agbrigg in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Agbrigg

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Whitwood 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 Whitwood.

Listed Buildings Near Whitwood

Historic England records 5 listed buildings within about a mile of Whitwood. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II

Whitwood Today

Today Whitwood lies within the administrative area of Wakefield.

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

Snydale - 2.0 km S
Normanton - 2.2 km SW
Featherstone - 2.2 km SE
Ackton - 2.2 km SE
Westerby - 3.0 km W
Glass Houghton - 3.2 km E

Heritage Around Whitwood

Photographs of churches, listed buildings and monuments in the vicinity, contributed by volunteers to the Geograph project and reused here under a Creative Commons licence.

St Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, Castleford. (2001)
© Bill Henderson · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

War Memorial - Methley Churchyard (2007)
© Betty Longbottom · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Methley Bridge, Three Lane Ends, Castleford (2006)
© Bill Henderson · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Images © their respective photographers, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 and reused here with attribution. Photographs depict listed buildings, churches and monuments near this settlement and may show neighbouring villages.

Whitwood in the Domesday Book (1086)