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Todwick

The name Todwick comes from Tateuuic meaning Tata's dairy farm. It has been variously spelled Taewic, Toddewyke and Todewyk before settling for the modern spelling. It was mentioned in the Doomsday Book in 1086 so there has been a settlement there for a long time. You can find everything you need to know about Todwick at the village website below.

Wales, Wales Bar & Waleswood

Wales most likely denotes the presence of Celts who remained after the Anglo-Saxon settlement in around 500 AD. (The Celtic kingdom of Elmet was around here). Wales got its name the same way that Wales (the country) did - it means 'stranger' or 'the Welsh' in Saxon English. The bar in Wales Bar means the tollgate when the road to Mansfield was a toll road. Waleswood - Wolfric Spot (this an interesting example of an early surname) a Saxon thane is recorded as owning 'Walesho' in 1002. The name Waleswood was recorded in 1293.

One Sir William Hewet was born in Wales and became Lord Mayor of London in 1559. The Hewet family later bought out the Keetons of Kiveton so despite the often crippling expenses of that office the Hewets obviously made substantial profits by it. He was an ancestor of Sir Thomas Osbourne who became the 1st Duke of Leeds.