[1] On folio 301v of the Domesday Book of 1086, Oakworth is called "Acurde"[2] which translated into an Oak clearing.

It was taxed on c120 acres (c50 hectares) of arable ploughland shared by the Vikings Vilts and Gamel Bern.

[3] Vilts also owned Newsholme and Utley; and Gamel Bern was of the family of noblemen that held the most land in Northern England.

The school playground has sloping sides because it was once a lake in the ornamental gardens in front of Oakworth House.

This system changed in 2000, so that Oakworth Primary School expanded to cover years 5 and 6.