Wothersome

The site of the medieval village of Wothersome

Wothersome is a civil parish in the City of Leeds metropolitan borough, West Yorkshire, England. It is south of Wetherby, north east of Leeds and west of Bramham. It has a population of 40.[1] From the 2011 Census the village is shown as being in the Harewood ward of Leeds Metropolitan Council.

In 1848 it was described as having 3 farms totalling 600 acres (2.4 km2) and a population of 19 people. It was a township in Bardsey parish in the Skyrack wapentake, lower division, in the West Riding of Yorkshire.[2]

In 1871 the population of Wothersome was 24; in 1901 it was 28; it 1971 it was 26.[3]

In 1418, the medieval spelling, or, at least, the pronunciation, may have been Wodusom [4]

References

  1. ↑ Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Leeds Retrieved 2009-09-10
  2. ↑ "Wothersome - Wrayton". A Topographical Dictionary of England. 1848. Retrieved 2008-03-11.
  3. ↑ "A vision of Wothersome Tn/CP". A vision of Britain through time. Retrieved 2008-03-11.
  4. ↑ Plea Rolls of the Court of Common Pleas; National Archives; CP 40/629; http://aalt.law.uh.edu/H5/CP40no629/aCP40no629fronts/IMG_0719.htm; first entry, second line; place where Robert Mauleverer was living

Coordinates: 53°52′39″N 1°23′42″W / 53.87750°N 1.39500°W / 53.87750; -1.39500


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