Bardsey, West Yorkshire

Bardsey
Main Street: The Bingley Arms in Bardsey, perhaps Britain's oldest pub.
OS grid reference	SE367432
• London	170 mi (270 km) SSE
Civil parish	Bardsey cum Rigton
Metropolitan borough	City of Leeds
Metropolitan county	West Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	LEEDS
Postcode district	LS17
Dialling code	01937
Police	West Yorkshire
Fire	West Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
UK Parliament	Elmet

Bardsey, West Yorkshire, England is a small village in the City of Leeds metropolitan borough, 8 miles (13 km) 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 public house, a sports club (with a cricket pitch and 2 football pitches) and a convenience store. Bardsey also has a junior school and an Anglican church. It is a particularly historical area with:

• Mention in the 1086 Domesday Book as "Berdesei" and "Bereleseie".
• The Bingley Arms, a public house that claims to be England's oldest public house, and recorded in the Domesday Book, although these claims are disputed.
• A motte-and-bailey castle, dating back to post 1066.
• The first Anglo-Saxon tower church in England.
• Earthworks named Pompocali of uncertain origin, possibly a result of granite quarrying. A minor Roman road lies alongside it, leading some to suggest that Pompocali results from Roman activity.
• The birthplace of playwright and poet William Congreve.

Gallery

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  Church Lane
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  All Hallows Church
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  Until 1964 Bardsey had a railway station on the Leeds to Wetherby line

External links

• Media related to Bardsey, West Yorkshire at Wikimedia Commons
• The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland: All Hallows, Bardsey, West Yorkshire
• 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. Archived from the original on 13 October 2007. Retrieved 1 November 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
• Bardsey in the Domesday Book