{{Short description|Hamlet in South Yorkshire, England}} {{Use British English|date=February 2022}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}} {{Infobox UK place | official_name = Wigtwizzle | local_name = | country = England | region = Yorkshire and the Humber | static_image_name = Wigtwizzle - geograph.org.uk - 122736.jpg | static_image_alt = A moorland road with a bridleway sign next to it, and a long sandstone wall on the left side | static_image_caption = Road out of Wigtwizzle | coordinates = {{Coord|53.461|-1.635|display=inline, title}} | label_position = bottom | post_town = SHEFFIELD | postcode_area = S | postcode_district = S36 | dial_code = <!-- e.g. 020, 0161 or 01332. Do not include international prefixes/codes (such as +44) --> | constituency_westminster = Penistone and Stocksbridge | civil_parish = Bradfield | shire_county = South Yorkshire | website = <!-- Place's council or equivalent local-government website --> | hide_services = yes }} '''Wigtwizzle''' is a hamlet in the civil parish of Bradfield, in South Yorkshire, England. The hamlet is {{convert|6|mi}} south of Penistone, and {{convert|12|mi}} north west of Sheffield.<ref>{{cite web |title=Genuki: In 1822, the following places were in the Parish of Ecclesfield:, Yorkshire (West Riding) |url=https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/WRY/Ecclesfield/more |website=www.genuki.org.uk |access-date=23 February 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WIGTWIZZLE |url=https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/descriptions/886260 |website=visionofbritain.org.uk |access-date=23 February 2022}}</ref>
==History== In the 15th century, the name of the hamlet was recorded as ''Wigtwisle'',{{sfn|Hey|2014|p=25}} in the 16th century as ''Wigtwizle'',<ref>{{cite web |title=Abstract of deeds relating to Wigtwizle (Wigtwizzle) |url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/ad4171dd-65f9-4fa6-bd0d-0b5c16ee629e |website=discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk |access-date=23 February 2022}}</ref> and ''Wiggtwisle'' in the 17th century.<ref>{{cite web |title=Wightwizzle :: Survey of English Place-Names |url=http://epns.nottingham.ac.uk/browse/West+Riding+of+Yorkshire/Ecclesfield/532881e4b47fc40c81001b9b-Wightwizzle |website=epns.nottingham.ac.uk |access-date=23 February 2022}}</ref> 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).<ref name="AHS">{{cite book |last1=Smith |first1=Albert Hugh |title=Lower & Upper Strafforth and Staincross Wapentakes |date=1961 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=Cambridge |page=229|oclc=258654754}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Himelfield |first1=Dave |title=Yorkshire's silliest sounding place names and what they mean |url=https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/local-news/yorkshires-silliest-sounding-place-names-20630710 |access-date=23 February 2022 |work=Yorkshire Live |date=22 May 2021}}</ref>{{sfn|Hey|2014|p=33}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Canyard Hills and Wigtwizzle |url=https://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271002667%27 |website=magic.defra.gov.uk |access-date=24 February 2022}}</ref> Up until the 1960s, it was still recorded as ''Wightwizzle'', but modern mapping uses ''Wigtwizzle'' without the 'H'.<ref name="AHS"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Wightwizzle |url=https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=17&lat=53.45809&lon=-1.62622&layers=168&b=1 |website=maps.nls.uk |access-date=24 February 2022}}</ref>{{#tag:ref|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''.<ref>{{cite news |editor-last1=Haley |editor-first1=William |editor-link=William Haley|title=Sheffield's Lake District |work=The Times |issue=53219 |date=13 May 1955 |page=12|issn=0140-0460}}</ref>|name=Names|group=note}} 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.{{sfn|Hey|2014|p=32}}
The hamlet used to have a large house known as ''Wigtwizzle Hall''.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hey |first1=David |title=The making of South Yorkshire |date=1979 |publisher=Moorland Publishing |location=Ashbourne |isbn=0903485443 |page=135}}</ref> 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.{{sfn|Hey|2014|p=38–39}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Wigtwizzle |url=https://penistonearchive.co.uk/wigtwizzle/ |website=penistonearchive.co.uk |access-date=23 February 2022}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Sportsman's Arms, Wigtwizzle |url=https://www.stocksbridgetimespast.co.uk/sportsmans-arms-wigtwizzle |website=stocksbridgetimespast.co.uk |access-date=23 February 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=White |first1=William |title=General Directory of Sheffield, 1849 |date=1849 |publisher=White |location=Sheffield |page=371|oclc= 270790400}}</ref>
Wigtwizzle was part of the parish of Ecclesfield in the wapentake of Upper Strafforth.<ref name="AHS"/> It is now part of the civil parish of Bradfield, under which the ten-year censuses are recorded.<ref>{{NOMIS2011|id=1170210931|title=Bradfield Parish |access-date=23 February 2022}}</ref> The land to the west of the hamlet is known as Wightwizzle Common and extended the {{convert|3|mi|0}} to Howden Edge, which is the boundary between Derbyshire and Yorkshire.{{sfn|Hey|2014|p=37}} The road to the west of the hamlet was part of the 2017 Tour de Yorkshire under the name ''Côte de Wigtwizzle''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Tour de Yorkshire pulls in millions for Serge Pauwels' first triumph |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/apr/30/tour-de-yorkshire-millions-serge-pauwels |access-date=24 February 2022 |work=The Guardian |date=30 April 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=2017 Tour de Yorkshire route announced |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/38174348 |access-date=24 February 2022 |work=BBC Sport |date=2 December 2016}}</ref>
To the south of the hamlet is Canyards Hills SSSI.<ref>{{cite web |title=Canyards Hills |url=https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/PDFsForWeb/Citation/1002667.pdf |website=designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk |access-date=24 February 2022 }}</ref>
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==References== {{Reflist}} ===Sources=== *{{cite journal |last1=Hey |first1=David |title=The medieval origins of south Pennine farms: the case of Westmondhalgh Bierlow |journal=Agricultural History Review |date=January 2014 |volume=62 |issue=1 |issn=0002-1490}}
==External links== {{commons category}} *[https://getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/local/wigtwizzle-sheffield Wigtwizzle on Get Outside] *[https://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271002667%27 Map of Canyards Hills SSSI] *[https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=17&lat=53.45809&lon=-1.62622&layers=168&b=1 Mapping from 1950 showing the Sportsman's Inn and the hamlet as ''Wightwizzle'']
Category:Villages of the metropolitan borough of Sheffield