Bagley, West Yorkshire

Human settlement in England

Bagley

Poplar Farm on Bagley Lane

Bagley

Location within West Yorkshire

OS grid reference| SE222356
Metropolitan borough|

* City of Leeds

Metropolitan county|

* West Yorkshire

Region|

* Yorkshire and the Humber

Country| England
Sovereign state| United Kingdom
Post town| PUDSEY
Postcode district| LS28
Dialling code| 0113
Police| West Yorkshire
Fire| West Yorkshire
Ambulance| Yorkshire
UK Parliament|

* Pudsey

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53°49′01″N 1°39′50″W﻿ / ﻿53.817°N 1.664°W﻿ / 53.817; -1.664

Bagley is a village in the City of Leeds metropolitan borough, West Yorkshire, England, once in the township of Farsley. The remains of the village (or hamlet) are on Bagley Lane, on the section between the A657 road in Rodley and the junction with Coalhill Lane.[1]

## Etymology[edit]

The name of Bagley is first attested in both its current spelling and the form Baglay in 1344. The second element comes from Old English lēah ('open land in a wood'). While the etymology of the first element is uncertain, it is thought to be from a putative Old English word *bagga ('badger'). Thus the name probably once meant 'clearing characterised by badgers'.[2]: 19–20

## Geography[edit]

A number of old buildings in the area have survived. A nearby stream, known as Bagley Beck, runs past the place on its way to the River Aire, crossing the Leeds and Liverpool canal at Rodley.[3]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Ordnance Survey map 1:50000 (Map).
2. ^ Harry Parkin, Your City's Place-Names: Leeds, English Place-Name Society City-Names Series, 3 (Nottingham: English Place-Names Society, 2017).
3. ^ Ordnance Survey map 1:50000 (Map).

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