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The Ancient Parish of WOODKIRK

[Transcribed information mainly from the early 1820s]

"WOODKIRK, (or Westerton), now known as West Ardsley, a parish in the Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield, 4½ miles NW. of Wakefield, 3 from Dewsbury, 9¾ from Bradford. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Mary, in the deanry of Pontefract, value, p.r. £150. Patron, the Earl of Cardigan. Pop. 1,515."


"DUNNINGLEY, 2 or 3 farm-houses in the township of West Ardsley and parish of Woodkirk, liberty of Wakefield, 6 miles NW. of Wakefield and Dewsbury."


"LEE FAIR GREEN, (Upper and Lower), in the township of West Ardsley, and parish of Woodkirk, Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley; 3 miles from Dewsbury, 6 from Leeds. No Market. Fairs, August 24, and September 17, for horses, horned cattle, &c. These fairs are held on a Common adjoining. Upper Lee Fair Green is now simply Upper Green (2008)."


"TINGLEY, a hamlet in the township of West Ardsley, and parish of Woodkirk; (Tingley House, the residence of the Rev. W. Wood) 4½ miles from Wakefield, 5 from Leeds."


"WESTERTON HALL, cotts, in the township of West Ardsley and parish of Woodkirk; 4 miles NW. of Wakefield."

[Description(s) edited from various 19th century sources by Colin Hinson © 2013]

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