West Hardwick History
West Hardwick is a township in the parish of Wragby, situated on the north of Nostell Park and one mile from Wragby church. Rowland Winn esq. M.P. is lord of the manor and the principal landowner. The area is 4.58 acres; rateable value, £534; and the population in 1871 was 80.
— Kelly's Directory of the West Riding of Yorkshire (1881)