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Bardsey cum Rigton

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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.
356: 254: 380: 21: 77:, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 2,385, increasing to 2,525 at the 2011 Census. The parish includes the villages of 385: 166: 349: 197: 342: 117:('island') and the first is agreed to be from a personal name. Exactly what this name was is not certain, but the name 242: 63: 51: 246: 78: 145:('ridge'), which had come into more general use in Old English, and the straightforwardly Old English word 375: 314: 70: 299:, English Place-Name Society City-Names Series, 3 (Nottingham: English Place-Names Society, 2017). 213: 193: 326: 322: 74: 369: 279: 98: 67: 274: 110: 82: 36: 23: 138: 125:
The name of East Rigton is likewise first attested in the Domesday Book, as
109:, situated in the hundred of Skyrack. The second element comes from the 50: 247:"Local Area Report – Bardsey cum Rigton Parish (E04000189)" 330: 149:('farmstead, estate'). The additional element 350: 189:Leeds & Bradford (Harrogate & Ilkley) 97:The name of Bardsey is first attested in the 8: 214:"Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer" 357: 343: 187:Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 104 178: 153:is first attested in 1530, in the form 16:Civil parish in West Yorkshire, England 167:Listed buildings in Bardsey cum Rigton 7: 311: 309: 291: 289: 329:. You can help Knowledge (XXG) by 14: 223:. Ordnance Survey. 1 January 2016 381:Civil parishes in West Yorkshire 313: 386:West Yorkshire geography stubs 297:Your City's Place-Names: Leeds 255:Office for National Statistics 192:(Map). Ordnance Survey. 2014. 1: 283:. Retrieved 19 October 2017. 55:All Hallows Church, Bardsey 402: 308: 137:. The name comes from the 221:www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk 325:location article is a 56: 54: 71:metropolitan borough 33: /  60:Bardsey cum Rigton 57: 338: 337: 393: 359: 352: 345: 317: 310: 300: 293: 284: 272: 266: 265: 263: 261: 239: 233: 232: 230: 228: 218: 217:(csv (download)) 210: 204: 203: 183: 48: 47: 45: 44: 43: 38: 37:53.882°N 1.440°W 34: 31: 30: 29: 26: 401: 400: 396: 395: 394: 392: 391: 390: 366: 365: 364: 363: 306: 304: 303: 294: 287: 273: 269: 259: 257: 241: 240: 236: 226: 224: 216: 212: 211: 207: 200: 185: 184: 180: 175: 163: 95: 41: 39: 35: 32: 27: 24: 22: 20: 19: 17: 12: 11: 5: 399: 397: 389: 388: 383: 378: 368: 367: 362: 361: 354: 347: 339: 336: 335: 323:West Yorkshire 318: 302: 301: 295:Harry Parkin, 285: 267: 234: 205: 198: 177: 176: 174: 171: 170: 169: 162: 159: 94: 91: 75:West Yorkshire 42:53.882; -1.440 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 398: 387: 384: 382: 379: 377: 376:City of Leeds 374: 373: 371: 360: 355: 353: 348: 346: 341: 340: 334: 332: 328: 324: 319: 316: 312: 307: 298: 292: 290: 286: 282: 281: 280:Domesday Book 276: 271: 268: 256: 252: 248: 244: 238: 235: 222: 215: 209: 206: 201: 199:9780319231654 195: 191: 188: 182: 179: 172: 168: 165: 164: 160: 158: 156: 152: 148: 144: 140: 136: 132: 128: 123: 120: 116: 112: 108: 104: 100: 99:Domesday Book 92: 90: 88: 84: 80: 76: 72: 69: 68:City of Leeds 65: 61: 53: 49: 46: 331:expanding it 320: 305: 296: 278: 270: 258:. Retrieved 250: 237: 225:. Retrieved 220: 208: 190: 186: 181: 154: 150: 146: 142: 134: 130: 126: 124: 118: 114: 106: 102: 96: 86: 64:civil parish 59: 58: 18: 260:23 December 155:Est Ryghton 111:Old English 101:of 1086 as 83:East Rigton 40: / 370:Categories 227:30 January 173:References 107:Bereleseie 87:Thornhurst 25:53°52′55″N 243:UK Census 139:Old Norse 93:Etymology 28:1°26′24″W 245:(2011). 161:See also 119:Beornrǣd 103:Berdesei 277:in the 275:Bardsey 79:Bardsey 66:in the 196:  143:hryggr 133:, and 131:Ritone 127:Riston 321:This 251:Nomis 141:word 135:Ritun 113:word 62:is a 327:stub 262:2019 229:2016 194:ISBN 151:east 105:and 85:and 147:tūn 73:in 372:: 288:^ 253:. 249:. 219:. 157:. 129:, 115:ēg 89:. 81:, 358:e 351:t 344:v 333:. 264:. 231:. 202:.

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53°52′55″N 1°26′24″W / 53.882°N 1.440°W / 53.882; -1.440

civil parish
City of Leeds
metropolitan borough
West Yorkshire
Bardsey
East Rigton
Domesday Book
Old English
Old Norse
Listed buildings in Bardsey cum Rigton
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9780319231654
"Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer"
UK Census
"Local Area Report – Bardsey cum Rigton Parish (E04000189)"
Office for National Statistics
Bardsey
Domesday Book


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