Adwalton

Adwalton is a village in the City of Leeds metropolitan borough, West Yorkshire, England. It is 6 miles (9.7 km) south west of Leeds and is now generally regarded as part of the larger village of Drighlington. It is in the BD11 (Bradford) postcode area. The population of the village at the 2011 Census was only limited. It is included in the Morley, West Yorkshire ward of Leeds City Council, and the Morley and Outwood UK parliamentary constituency.

Adwalton
Adwalton, looking roughly north-west along the B6135 Wakefield Road
Adwalton is located in Leeds
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Adwalton
Adwalton is located in West Yorkshire
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Location within West Yorkshire
OS grid referenceSE2229
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBRADFORD
Postcode districtBD11
Dialling code0113
PoliceWest Yorkshire
FireWest Yorkshire
AmbulanceYorkshire
UK Parliament

It is notable as the site of the Battle of Adwalton Moor in 1643;[1] an event of the First English Civil War.

Etymology

The name of the village is first attested in 1202, as Athelwaldon, and then in 1208 as Adwalton. The name derives from the Old English personal name Æthelwald and the word tūn ('farmstead, estate'). Thus the name originally meant 'Æthelwald's estate'.[2]

References
  1. "Battle of Adwalton Moor". Retrieved 24 September 2008.
  2. Harry Parkin, Your City's Place-Names: Leeds, English Place-Name Society City-Names Series, 3 (Nottingham: English Place-Names Society, 2017), p. 12.
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