Bardsey, West Yorkshire, England is a small village in the City of Leeds metropolitan borough, 13 km (8 miles) 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 white middle class area with a high proportion of retired residents. Facilities include a public house, a sports club (which has an Under 14s and Under 16s football team), a dry cleaners and until March 2007, a garage.
It is a particularly historical area with:
- Mention in the 1086 Domesday Book as Berdesei/Bereleseie.
- The Bingley Arms, a pub that claims to be England's oldest public house, and recorded in the Domesday Book, although these claims are disputed.1
- A motte-and-bailey castle, dating back to post 1066.
- The first Saxon tower church in England.
- Earthworks of a Roman settlement named Pompocali, with a minor Roman road alongside it.2
References
External links
- The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland: All Hallows, Bardsey, West Yorkshire
- Bardsey Village: a photo story by A.M.Hanson
- Archaeology of Pompocali Earthworks and Hetchell Crags by H.M. Hill
- Bardsey Village web-site
- Bardsey Cricket Club website
- "The Ancient Parish of Bardsey". GENUKI. http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/WRY/Bardsey/index.html. Retrieved on 2007-10-29.
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