Wrigglesworth is thought to be derived from the place in West Yorkshire
near Rothwcll and now called Woodlesford. There is a long list of
alternative spellings over time. It was recorded in the twelfth century as
'Wridlcsford', apparently from Old English 'wridels', a hypothetical
adjective from 'wrid' -bush or thicket, together with 'ford', (the ford
presumably being the one carrying the Wakefield - Tadcaster road
across the Aire, now superseded by Swillington Bridge). The gradual
change can be traced with a'g' being used in place of 'd' as early as 1308
until in 1596 when the use of Wriglcsforth only requires the change of
the final clement.
In Rothwcll Parish Registers the place names Wrigglesford,
Wriglesforth and Wriglcsworth are used and even as late as 1722 it is
written Wrigglesworth. It is interesting to note that Woodlesford does
not feature in the Dictionary of Surnames, suggesting that the surname
Wrigglesworth had already become firmly established by the mid
thirteenth century when Wodlesford is first recorded for the village.
This was, in fact, the time when surnames first became fixed. A
document of 1734 in the 'Wakefield Depository of Deeds' specifically
links the place name Wriglesworth as a synonym of Woodlesford.
http://www.wigglesworth.me.uk/wigglesworth_history/pdf/Wigglesworth%20Hall.pdf