Bardsey in the Domesday Book (1086)

Bardsey appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Skyrack in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Skyrack

• Adel
• Allerton [Bywater]
• Alwoodley
• Arthington
• Austhorpe
• Baildon
• Barwick [in Elmet]
• Bichertun
• Bicherun
• Bingley
• Birkby [Hill]
• Bramhope
• Burden [Head]
• Burley [in Wharfedale]

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Bardsey is not securely established from its modern form alone; like many settlement names in the North it likely combines an Old English or Old Norse personal name with a landscape term.

Remarkably, the name has changed little since 1086, when the Domesday scribes wrote it as Bardsey.

Listed Buildings Near Bardsey

Historic England records 22 listed buildings within about a mile of Bardsey. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade I

• Church of All Hallows - 0.35 km

Grade II

• Cowhouse and Granary to North West of Bardsey Grange - 0.09 km
• Barn and Ancillary Outbuilding to North West of Bardsey Grange - 0.1 km
• Bardsey Grange and Congreve Cottage Including Wall Attached to Rear - 0.14 km
• Sundial Approximately 5 Metres South of Porch of Church of All Hallows - 0.37 km
• Ghyll Cottage - 0.39 km
• Oak Tree Cottage - 0.49 km
• Smallfield Cottage - 0.5 km
• Bingley Arms - 0.56 km
• Mizpah Cottage - 0.72 km
• Barn Approximately 20 Metres West of Rigton Farmhouse - 0.72 km
• East Rigton Farmhouse - 0.76 km
• Two Attached Barns to Rear of Hill Top Farmhouse - 0.81 km
• Child’s Farm Barn - 0.84 km
• Bardsey Lodge - 0.96 km
• The Old Star - 0.99 km
• Milestone Approximately 50 Metres North of Junction With Second Avenue - 1.13 km
• One Up, One Down Cottage at Junction With Church Drive - 1.16 km
• The Old Parsonage - 1.2 km
• Stocks Hill Cottage Wayside Cottage - 1.21 km
• Manor House Farmhouse - 1.22 km
• Barn Approximately 1.5 Metres North West of Rear of Manor Farmhouse - 1.23 km

Scheduled Monuments Near Bardsey

Scheduled monuments are nationally important archaeological sites given legal protection. 1 lies within roughly a mile of Bardsey:

• Castle Hill motte and bailey castle - 0.14 km

Bardsey Today

Today Bardsey lies within the administrative area of Bardsey cum Rigton.

Read more about modern Bardsey on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:

• East Rigton - 1.0 km E
• East Keswick - 1.0 km N
• Compton - 3.2 km E
• Wike - 3.2 km W
• Thorner - 3.2 km S
• Wheatcroft - 3.2 km S