Agbrigg
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| Agbrigg shown within West Yorkshire | |
| OS grid reference | SE3419 |
| • London | 160 mi (260 km) SSE |
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| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | WAKEFIELD |
| Postcode district | WF1 |
| Dialling code | 01924 |
| Police | West Yorkshire |
| Fire | West Yorkshire |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
| EU Parliament | Yorkshire and the Humber |
Agbrigg is a suburb of the city of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England.
The village of Agbrigg was historically within the parish of Sandal Magna and a large area of present-day Agbrigg was common land and can be seen on older maps as being referred to as 'Sandal Common'. The common was built upon by the 18th century and the area expanded predominately in the Victorian era to form the suburb seen today. The name 'Agbrigg' was afforded to the wapentake (a sub-division of a Riding - the term becoming obsolete from around 1900) which had upper and lower divisions; the latter spanning parishes of Batley, Crofton, Dewsbury, Ardsley (East and West), Featherstone, Methley, Mirfield, Newland, Normanton, Rothwell, Sandal, Thornhill, Wakefield and Warmfield. Once the wapentake disappeared, the name was used for a registration district (Lower Agbrigg registration district) from 1 January 1939 to 1 April 1974 when this registration district became part of the Wakefield registration district. At the start of the 20th century the village Agbrigg was absorbed into the city and became one of the city's southern suburbs.
The suburb is centred on Agbrigg Road (B6389) which links Barnsley Road (A61) and Doncaster Road (A638) and is situated between Sandal to the south west, Belle Vue to the north east, the Portobello Estate to the west, Walton to the south and Heath to the east. A now disused section of the Barnsley Canal is located in the south west of the suburb which was opened in 1799 and the Oakenshaw Beck runs parallel with the eastern end of Agbrigg Road before curving towards the south east and then runs parallel with Montague Street and Briary Close. After flooding hit the area in 2007 the Environment Agency and Wakefield Metropolitan District Council commenced with flood defence work around Oakenshaw Beck and the land off Montague Street and Doncaster Road.
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