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Wothersome


Wothersome is a civil parish in the City of Leeds metropolitan borough, West Yorkshire, England. It is south of Wetherby, north east of Leeds and west of Bramham. It has a population of 40. From the 2011 Census the village is shown as being in the Harewood ward of Leeds Metropolitan Council.

In 1848 it was described as having 3 farms totalling 600 acres (2.4 km2) and a population of 19 people. It was a township in Bardsey parish in the Skyrack wapentake, lower division, in the West Riding of Yorkshire.

In 1871 the population of Wothersome was 24; in 1901 it was 28; it 1971 it was 26.

In 1418, the medieval spelling, or, at least, the pronunciation, may have been Wodusom

Coordinates: 53°52′39″N 1°23′42″W / 53.87750°N 1.39500°W / 53.87750; -1.39500



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