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Bardsey,
West Yorkshire West Yorkshire is a Metropolitan counties of England, metropolitan and Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. It borders North Yorkshire to the north and east, South Yorkshire and De ...
, England is a small village in the
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, north east of
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. The village is in the LS17 Leeds postcode district. It is part of the
civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...
of Bardsey cum Rigton. The village itself lies just off the A58 road between Leeds and
Wetherby Wetherby ( ) is a market town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the City of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is close to West Yorkshire county's border with North Yorkshire and lies approximately from Leeds city centre, from ...
. It is a predominantly
middle class The middle class refers to a class of people in the middle of a social hierarchy, often defined by occupation, income, education, or social status. The term has historically been associated with modernity, capitalism and political debate. C ...
area with a high proportion of retired residents. Housing is mixed; while most is private, there is
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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 Domesday Book ( ; the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book") is a manuscript record of the Great Survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 at the behest of William the Conqueror. The manuscript was originally known by ...
of 1086 as ''Berdesei'' and ''Bereleseie'', situated in the hundred of Skyrack. The second element comes from the
Old English Old English ( or , or ), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the Early Middle Ages. It developed from the languages brought to Great Britain by Anglo-S ...
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.


History

Nearby earthworks named Pompocali, in the parish of Scarcroft, are of uncertain origin, but possibly a result of quarrying. A minor
Roman road Roman roads ( ; singular: ; meaning "Roman way") were physical infrastructure vital to the maintenance and development of the Roman state, built from about 300 BC through the expansion and consolidation of the Roman Republic and the Roman Em ...
lies alongside it, suggesting that Pompocali results from Roman activity. A
motte-and-bailey A motte-and-bailey castle is a European fortification with a wooden or stone keep situated on a raised area of ground called a motte, accompanied by a walled courtyard, or bailey, surrounded by a protective ditch and palisade. Relatively eas ...
castle dates back to the time immediately following the Norman conquest. Bardsey also claims the oldest Anglo-Saxon tower church in England, with the tower of All Hallows church dating back to . The Bingley Arms is a public house that claims to be England's oldest public house, and to be recorded in the ''Domesday Book'', although these claims are disputed. Bardsey railway station on the Cross Gates–Wetherby line opened in 1876 and closed in 1964.


Notable people

*
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 regard ...
(1670–1729), an English playwright, poet and Whig politician. * John Whittington (1837–??), an English first-class cricketer.


Location grid


See also

* Listed buildings in Bardsey cum Rigton


References


External links

*
The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland: All Hallows, Bardsey, West Yorkshire

Bardsey Village web-site

Bardsey Cricket Club website
* {{authority control Villages in West Yorkshire City of Leeds