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Bardsey, West Yorkshire
Bardsey, West Yorkshire, England is a small village in the City of Leeds metropolitan borough, north east of Leeds city centre. The village is in the LS17 Leeds postcode district. It is part of the civil parish of Bardsey cum Rigton. The village itself lies just off the A58 road between Leeds and Wetherby. It is a predominantly middle class area with a high proportion of retired residents. Housing is mixed; while most is private, there is council housing situated near Keswick Lane. Facilities include a pub and sports club (with a cricket pitch and two football pitches). Bardsey also has a primary school and an Anglican church. Etymology The name of Bardsey is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086 as ''Berdesei'' and ''Bereleseie'', situated in the hundred of Skyrack. The second element comes from the Old English word ''ēg'' ('island') and the first is agreed to be from a personal name. Exactly what this name was is not certain, but the name ''Beornrǣd'' is a pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bardsey Cum Rigton
Bardsey cum Rigton is a civil parish in the City of Leeds metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 2,385, increasing to 2,525 at the 2011 Census. The parish includes the villages of Bardsey, East Rigton and Thornhurst. Etymology The name of Bardsey is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086 as ''Berdesei'' and ''Bereleseie'', situated in the hundred of Skyrack. The second element comes from the Old English word ''ēg'' ('island') and the first is agreed to be from a personal name. Exactly what this name was is not certain, but the name ''Beornrǣd'' is a plausible candidate. Thus the name probably once meant 'Beornrǣd's island' (or the island of someone of a similar name). Since the site is not in fact an island, it has been suggested that the name was metaphorical, referring to a hill rising, island-like, from flat ground.Harry Parkin, ''Your City's Place-Names: Leeds'', English Place-Name Society City-Names S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Earthwork (archaeology)
In archaeology, earthworks are artificial changes in land level, typically made from piles of artificially placed or sculpted rocks and soil. Earthworks can themselves be archaeological features, or they can show features beneath the surface. Types There are two broad categories of archaeological earthwork: positive features where earth is built up above the previous ground level, and negative features which are cut into the landscape. Beyond this, earthworks of interest to archaeologists include hill forts, henges, mounds, platform mounds, effigy mounds, enclosures, long barrows, tumuli, ridge and furrow, mottes, round barrows, and other tombs. * Hill forts, a type of fort made out of mostly earth and other natural materials including sand, straw, and water, were built as early as the late Stone Age and were built more frequently during the Bronze Age and Iron Age as a means of protection. See also Oppidum. * Henge earthworks are those that consist of a flat area of ear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thorner
Thorner is a rural village and civil parish in the City of Leeds in West Yorkshire, England, located between Seacroft and Wetherby. It had a population of 1,646 at the 2011 Census. Etymology The name of Thorner is first attested in the 1086 Domesday Book as ''Torneure'', ''Tornoure'' and ''Tornoura''. The name comes from the Old English words ''þorn'' ('thorn') and ''ofer'' ('bank, slope'), and thus meant "thorn bank".Harry Parkin, ''Your City's Place-Names: Leeds'', English Place-Name Society City-Names Series, 3 (Nottingham: English Place-Names Society, 2017). The township and parish of Thorner also included Eltofts, whose name comes from the Old English masculine personal name ''Ella'' and the Old English word ''toft'' (itself borrowed from Old Norse ''topt''), which meant 'curtilage, messuage, plot of land with a building'. Thus the name once meant 'Ella's plot of land'. History There is archaeological evidence of Bronze Age and Anglo-Saxon settlements, while the name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wothersome
Wothersome is a civil parish in the City of Leeds metropolitan borough, West Yorkshire, England. It is south of Wetherby, north east of Leeds and west of Bramham. It has a population of 40. From the 2011 Census the village is shown as being in the Harewood ward of Leeds Metropolitan Council. In 1848 it was described as having 3 farms totalling and a population of 19 people. It was a township in Bardsey parish in the Skyrack wapentake, lower division, in the West Riding of Yorkshire. In 1871 the population of Wothersome was 24; in 1901 it was 28; it 1971 it was 26. In 1418, the medieval spelling, or, at least, the pronunciation, may have been Wodusom. Wothersome Grange Bramham Park estate lies to the south of Wothersome. The Wothersome Grange anaerobic digestion plant became operational in September 2015, using maize, grass and whole-crop wheat silage grown on the Estate's home farm, to produce methane gas. The methane fuels an electricity generator to export electricit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Collingham, West Yorkshire
Collingham is a village and civil parish south-west of Wetherby in West Yorkshire, England. It is in the City of Leeds metropolitan borough. The population of the civil parish as of the 2011 census was 2,991. It sits in the Harewood (ward), Harewood electoral ward, ward of Leeds City Council and Wetherby and Easingwold (UK Parliament constituency), Wetherby and Easingwold parliamentary constituency. The River Wharfe runs through the village towards Wetherby, as does the main A58 road, A58 trans-Pennine road. The A659 road, A659 passes through the village. The River Wharfe is dangerous at Collingham due to undercurrents, which are prevalent around Linton Bridge and the former viaduct. Collingham Beck burst its banks in 2007, causing extensive flooding. The village public house, known as Cromwells, is said to be where Oliver Cromwell spent the night after the Battle of Marston Moor. The clergyman, the Reverend William Mompesson was born there in 1639. Geography The village is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Whittington (cricketer)
John Whittington (c. 1837 – date of death unknown) was an English first-class cricketer. Born in Yorkshire at Bardsey in about 1837, Bleakley made his debut in first-class cricket for the Gentlemen of the North against the Gentlemen of the South at The Oval in July 1858, later playing in the return fixture played at Salford in August. In September of the same year, he played for Manchester in a first-class fixture against Sussex Sussex (Help:IPA/English, /ˈsʌsɪks/; from the Old English ''Sūþseaxe''; lit. 'South Saxons'; 'Sussex') is an area within South East England that was historically a kingdom of Sussex, kingdom and, later, a Historic counties of England, ... at Eccles. He made a fourth and final appearance in first-class cricket for the Gentlemen of the North against the Gentlemen of the South at Salford in 1860. In his four first-class matches, Whittington scored 40 runs with a high score of 19, while with the ball he took 2 wickets. References Exter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Congreve
William Congreve (24 January 1670 – 19 January 1729) was an English playwright, satirist, poet, and Whig politician. He spent most of his career between London and Dublin, and was noted for his highly polished style of writing, being regarded by critics as one of the most important dramatists of the early Georgian era. He wrote some of the most popular poems of the 17th century, and is credited with developing the satirical comedy of manners genre. His plays and poems, which formed a major part of Restoration literature, were favorably viewed for their use of satire and comedy. Congreve is remembered for his play '' The Way of the World'' (1700), which is considered by literary commentators to be one of the centerpieces of Restoration comedy literature. Congreve also wrote several other notable plays, including '' The Old Bachelor'' (1693), '' The Double Dealer'' (1693), '' Love for Love'' (1695), and '' The Mourning Bride'' (1697), all of which helped establish him as a gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Church Lane, Bardsey
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Cross Gates–Wetherby Line
A cross is a religious symbol consisting of two intersecting lines, usually perpendicular to each other. The lines usually run vertically and horizontally. A cross of oblique lines, in the shape of the Latin letter X, is termed a saltire in heraldic terminology. The cross shape has been widely officially recognized as an absolute and exclusive religious symbol of Christianity from an early period in that religion's history.''Christianity: an introduction'' by Alister E. McGrath 2006 pages 321-323 Before then, it was used as a religious or cultural symbol throughout , in |
Bardsey Railway Station
Bardsey may refer to: *Bardsey Island Bardsey Island (), known as the legendary "Island of 20,000 Saints", is located off the Llŷn Peninsula in the Wales, Welsh county of Gwynedd. The Welsh language, Welsh name means "The Island in the Currents", while its English name refers to t ..., Wales ** Bardsey Lighthouse, on Bardsey Island * Bardsey, West Yorkshire, England * Bardsey cum Rigton, West Yorkshire, England See also * Bardsea, Cumbria, England {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All Hallows Church, Bardsey
All Hallows Church in Bardsey, West Yorkshire, England is an active Anglican parish church in the archdeaconry of Leeds and the Diocese of Leeds. The Bardsey Millennium Tapestry, created by many people from the village, is hung at the west end of the north wall of the church. The tapestry took nearly five years to complete and was officially unveiled in October 2001. History The church was built in the 9th century; its tower is the oldest surviving part from between 850 and 950 AD. The latest restoration was carried out by Charles R. Chorley and Son of Leeds in 1909. The lower parts of the tower and the central nave walls date from the 9th century while the upper parts of the tower date from the 10th century. Between 1000 and 1400 saw the addition of a north and south aisle and the Norman doorway being moved to its present position, however a porch has since been added obscuring much of this doorway. A north chapel which now serves as a vestry was constructed in 1521 by re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
