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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Yorkshire (West Riding) => Topic started by: lanshaw on Sunday 05 March 06 20:46 GMT (UK)

Title: Abrigg
Post by: lanshaw on Sunday 05 March 06 20:46 GMT (UK)

I am curious as to where in Yorkshire Upper Abrigg and Lower Abrigg are?  I have come across the location when finding family on the various indexes.

Lanshaw

Title: Re: Abrigg
Post by: Guy Etchells on Sunday 05 March 06 21:15 GMT (UK)

I don't know but Agbrigg is a suburb of Wakefield close to Sandal.
Cheers
Guy

Title: Re: Abrigg
Post by: lanshaw on Sunday 05 March 06 22:33 GMT (UK)

Hi Guy

Since the family spent most of their lives in the
Wakefield area, this sounds right.

Thanks for the assist
Lanshaw

Title: Re: Abrigg
Post by: brassbounder on Monday 06 March 06 12:37 GMT (UK)

Agbrigg was a wapentake, an obsolete term for a sub-division of the West Riding. It was the equivalent of the term "Hundred" used in the South of England.

Upper and Lower Agbrigg seem to have stretched from Wakefield to beyond Huddersfield, although it now seems to refer specifically to a district of Wakefield.

There was a similar thread on Rootschat some months ago, if you want to search for it.

There is more information on wapentakes in Yorkshire (and a map) on Genuki.

Jon

Title: Re: Abrigg
Post by: lanshaw on Monday 06 March 06 14:44 GMT (UK)

Thanks for the information.

Lower Abrigg was listed in the Death Index as the District when my Grandmother died in 1967.

Interestingly she was listed twice, once with her Birth index name and once with her Marriage index name.

Lanshaw

Title: Re: Abrigg
Post by: dobfarm on Monday 07 September 09 04:57 BST (UK)

Hi

Most of Huddersfield is Upper Abrigg so Wakefield is most likley the lower Abrigg