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Bardsey, West Yorkshire

Village near Leeds, West Yorkshire, England

Field	Value
country	England
label_position	bottom
coordinates
official_name	Bardsey
pushpin_map	United Kingdom Leeds
civil_parish	Bardsey cum Rigton
metropolitan_borough	City of Leeds
metropolitan_county	West Yorkshire
region	Yorkshire and the Humber
constituency_westminster	Wetherby and Easingwold
post_town	LEEDS
postcode_district	LS17
postcode_area	LS
dial_code	01937
os_grid_reference	SE367432
static_image	Bingleyarms.jpg
static_image_caption	Main Street: The Bingley Arms in Bardsey, perhaps Britain's oldest pub.
london_distance_mi	170
london_direction	SSE

Bardsey, West Yorkshire, England is a small village in the City of Leeds metropolitan borough, 8 mi 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 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 lies alongside it, suggesting that Pompocali results from Roman activity.

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

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References

{{OpenDomesday
Parkin, Harry. (2017). "Your City's Place-Names: Leeds". English Place-Names Society.
Hill, H. M.. "Archaeology of Pompocali Earthworks and Hetchell Crags".
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Fox, Geoff. (15 February 2005). "Beware mock heritage in our 'historic' pubs". Yorkshire Evening Post.
"Bardsey".
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"Player profile: John Whittington". CricketArchive.

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