Wigtwizzle

Wigtwizzle
A moorland road with a bridleway sign next to it, and a long sandstone wall on the left side
Road out of Wigtwizzle
Wigtwizzle is located in South Yorkshire
Wigtwizzle
Wigtwizzle
Location within South Yorkshire
Civil parish
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townSHEFFIELD
Postcode districtS36
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Yorkshire
53°27′40″N 1°38′06″W / 53.461°N 1.635°W / 53.461; -1.635

Wigtwizzle is a hamlet in the civil parish of Bradfield, in South Yorkshire, England. The hamlet is 6 miles (9.7 km) south of Penistone, and 12 miles (19 km) north west of Sheffield.[1][2]

History

In the 15th century, the name of the hamlet was recorded as Wigtwisle,[3] in the 16th century as Wigtwizle,[4] and Wiggtwisle in the 17th century.[5] The name derives from an Anglo-Saxon owner, Wicga, and means Wicga's land at the confluence of two streams, (Allas Lane Dike, and Lee Lane Dike, both of which flow into Broomhead Reservoir).[6][7][8][9] Up until the 1960s, it was still recorded as Wightwizzle, but modern mapping uses Wigtwizzle without the 'H'.[6][10][note 1] It is thought that both Wigtwizzle and nearby Brightholmlee, whilst not directly mentioned in the Domesday Book, are parts of one of the sixteen Berewicks of Hallamshire that were mentioned in the book.[12]

The hamlet used to have a large house known as Wigtwizzle Hall.[13] It was believed to have been built in 1610, but was demolished in 1935 and the stone used partly to build the local reservoirs of Broomhead and More Hall.[14][15] There used to be a pub in the village known as the Sportsman's Arms (or Sportsman Inn), after closure it was used by Sheffield City Council as a woodyard, and has since been converted into a house.[16][17]

Wigtwizzle was part of the parish of Ecclesfield in the wapentake of Upper Strafforth.[6] It is now part of the civil parish of Bradfield, under which the ten-year censuses are recorded.[18] The land to the west of the hamlet is known as Wightwizzle Common and extended the 3 miles (5 km) to Howden Edge, which is the boundary between Derbyshire and Yorkshire.[19] The road to the west of the hamlet was part of the 2017 Tour de Yorkshire under the name Côte de Wigtwizzle.[20][21]

To the south of the hamlet is Canyards Hills SSSI.[22]

Notes

  1. ^ Locally, the name was believed to be Wigtwizzle. This was questioned in 1955 when Sheffield City Council were advertising tours of the "local Lake District" (the various reservoirs to the north west of the city) and Wigtwizzle was listed on the official literature as Wightwizzle.[11]

References

  1. ^ "Genuki: In 1822, the following places were in the Parish of Ecclesfield:, Yorkshire (West Riding)". www.genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WIGTWIZZLE". visionofbritain.org.uk. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
  3. ^ Hey 2014, p. 25.
  4. ^ "Abstract of deeds relating to Wigtwizle (Wigtwizzle)". discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
  5. ^ "Wightwizzle :: Survey of English Place-Names". epns.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
  6. ^ a b c Smith, Albert Hugh (1961). Lower & Upper Strafforth and Staincross Wapentakes. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 229. OCLC 258654754.
  7. ^ Himelfield, Dave (22 May 2021). "Yorkshire's silliest sounding place names and what they mean". Yorkshire Live. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
  8. ^ Hey 2014, p. 33.
  9. ^ "Canyard Hills and Wigtwizzle". magic.defra.gov.uk. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
  10. ^ "Wightwizzle". maps.nls.uk. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
  11. ^ Haley, William, ed. (13 May 1955). "Sheffield's Lake District". The Times. No. 53219. p. 12. ISSN 0140-0460.
  12. ^ Hey 2014, p. 32.
  13. ^ Hey, David (1979). The making of South Yorkshire. Ashbourne: Moorland Publishing. p. 135. ISBN 0903485443.
  14. ^ Hey 2014, p. 38–39.
  15. ^ "Wigtwizzle". penistonearchive.co.uk. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
  16. ^ "The Sportsman's Arms, Wigtwizzle". stocksbridgetimespast.co.uk. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
  17. ^ White, William (1849). General Directory of Sheffield, 1849. Sheffield: White. p. 371. OCLC 270790400.
  18. ^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Bradfield Parish (1170210931)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
  19. ^ Hey 2014, p. 37.
  20. ^ "Tour de Yorkshire pulls in millions for Serge Pauwels' first triumph". The Guardian. 30 April 2017. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
  21. ^ "2017 Tour de Yorkshire route announced". BBC Sport. 2 December 2016. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
  22. ^ "Canyards Hills" (PDF). designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk. Retrieved 24 February 2022.

Sources

  • Hey, David (January 2014). "The medieval origins of south Pennine farms: the case of Westmondhalgh Bierlow". Agricultural History Review. 62 (1). ISSN 0002-1490.
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