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Ossett history
Toponymy
The name Ossett derives from the Old English and is either “the fold of a man named Osla” or “a fold frequented by blackbirds” It is sometimes misspelled as “Osset” in Ellis’ On Early English Pronunciation, one of the founding works of British linguistics, uses the incorrect spelling.
Origins
Ossett appears in the 1086 Domesday Book as “Osleset”, which was in the Manor of Wakefield. Four villans and three bordars lived in Osleset, a villan was an upper status villager, a bordar was a lower level villager.
Industrial Revolution
Coal-mining was, up to the late 1960s, Ossett’s second industry in terms of people employed. Coal has been mined since the 14th century and there were a large number of pits in Ossett during the 19th century. Ossett and Horbury were the “border country” where the north-west of the coalfield merged with the south-east of the wool towns.
Second World War
Ten High Explosive bombs were dropped on 16 September 1940. No one was killed, save for a number of chickens and several properties damaged. Later in the war a V-1’s engine was reportedly heard to cut out and came down at Grange Moor.
Spa
Ossett was founded by a local stonemason who was inspired by Harrogate and Cheltenham. The waters were popular with those seeking relief from certain skin diseases in the early 19th century. In the 1870s, a plan to transform Ossett into a “second Harrogate” ended in failure and the spa closed as a result.
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