Abrigg

[lanshaw]

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

[Guy Etchells]

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

[lanshaw]

Hi Guy

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

Thanks for the assist
Lanshaw

[brassbounder]

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

[lanshaw]

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

[dobfarm]

Hi

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