Wigglesworth in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Wigglesworth, entered under the hundred of Craven in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Craven

• Addingham
• Airton
• Anley
• Appletreewick
• Arncliffe
• Arnford
• Barnoldswick
• Bashall [Eaves]
• Battersby [Barn]
• Beamsley
• Birkby [Hall]
• Bogeuurde
• Bolton [Abbey]
• Bolton [by Bowland]

The Meaning of the Name

The name Wigglesworth is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word worð, an enclosure or homestead. The first element is most likely a personal name or an early descriptive term, now difficult to recover with certainty. Taken together the name probably meant something close to ‘a enclosure’.

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

Listed Buildings Near Wigglesworth

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

Grade II

• Spa Wellhead - 0.31 km
• Teenley House and Adjoining Barn - 0.57 km
• K6 Telephone Kiosk Opposite Plough Inn - 0.58 km
• Lane Side Farmhouse - 1.13 km
• Wigglesworth Hall Barn - 1.21 km

Wigglesworth Today

Today Wigglesworth lies within the administrative area of North Yorkshire, and the settlement recorded a population of 332 at the 2021 census. Nine and a half centuries separate that figure from the small rural community the Domesday survey recorded here in 1086.

Read more about modern Wigglesworth on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

• Caretorp - 0.0 km N
• Arnford - 3.0 km E
• Rathmell - 3.0 km N
• Long Preston - 3.6 km NE
• Hellifield - 5.0 km E
• Holme - 5.0 km SW