Über den Ort » Bardsey, City and Borough of Leeds, England, Großbritannien

Bardsey, West Yorkshire, England is a small village in the City of Leeds metropolitan borough, 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 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 a Catholic church, which operates as a satellite to the main Catholic church in Wetherby. 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. A motte-and-bailey castle, dating back to post 1066. The first Anglo-Saxon tower church in England. Earthworks of a Roman settlement named Pompocali, with a minor Roman road alongside it. The birthplace of literary genius William Congreve.