| Country: | England |
| Static Image Name: | Badsworth - Saint Mary the Virgin Church.jpg |
| Static Image Caption: | Saint Mary the Virgin Church |
| Coordinates: | 53.62°N -1.3°W |
| Label Position: | top |
| Official Name: | Badsworth |
| Population: | 682 |
| Population Ref: | (2011) |
| Civil Parish: | Badsworth |
| Metropolitan Borough: | City of Wakefield |
| Metropolitan County: | West Yorkshire |
| Region: | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Post Town: | PONTEFRACT |
| Postcode District: | WF9 |
| Postcode Area: | WF |
| Os Grid Reference: | SE4614 |
Badsworth is a village and civil parish in the City of Wakefield metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 583,[1] increasing to 682 at the 2011 Census.[2] The village is located 6miles south of Pontefract.
The name "Badsworth" has its roots in Old English and means "Enclosure of a man called Bæddi". The first element is the person's name Bæddi; the second is the word worth, meaning an enclosure, or enclosed farmstead or settlement. The village was recorded as Badesuuorde in the Domesday Book of 1086.[3]