Bardsey, Yorkshire Family History Guide
Bardsey is an Ancient Parish in the West Riding of the county of Yorkshire.
Other places in the parish include: Wyke, Wothersome, Wothersom, Wike near Leeds, Wike, and Bardsey cum Rigton.
Riding: West Riding
Parish church: All Saints
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1538
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1600
Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist
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Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
BARDSEY, a township in Tadcaster district, and a parish partly also in Otley district, W. R. Yorkshire.
The township is united to Rigton, under the name of Bardsey-cum-Rigton; lies 5 miles SW by S of Wetherby r. station; and has a post office, of the name of Rigton, under Otley. Acres, 2,745. Real property, £2,920. Pop., 295. Houses, 65.
The parish includes also the township of Wothersome, and part of that of Wike. Acres, 3,437. Real property, with the rest of Wike, £4,524. Pop., 318. Houses, 69. The property is divided among a few.
Bardsey Grange was probably the birth place of Congreve, the poet and dramatist; and was the occasional residence and the death place of Francis Thorpe, the notorious Baron of the Exchequer. Castle Hill, a little north of the village, was the site of a Roman fort.
The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £300. Patron, G. L. Fox, Esq. The church is good early Norman. A school has £20 from endowment, and other charities £5.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Bardsey Langdale A Topographical Dictionary of Yorkshire 1822
Bardsey, a parish town, in the lower division of Skyrack; 4 miles from Wetherby and Harewood, 8½ from Leeds, 19 from York. – Pop. including Rigton, 336, which being united, form a township. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to All Saints, in the deanery of the Ainsty, value, £4 1s. 8d. p.r. £150. Patron, Geo. Fox, Esq.
The church of Bardsey affords a fine specimen of the Norman architecture, but not to be compared with Adel, although from the engravings given of both in Loidis et Elmete, we might suppose they were equally perfect. On the north side of the village, and near to the Grange, are large earth works of some ancient castle.
At this place was born the celebrated William Congreve, the poet, and whose baptism is registered thus :- “William, the sonne of Mr. William Congreve, of Bardsey Grange, was baptised, February 18th, 1669.”
He wrote the “Old Batchelor,” the “Double Dealer,” “Love for Love,” the “Mourning Bride,” the “Way of the World,” and some poems.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of Yorkshire By Thomas Langdale. Second Edition. Printed and Sold by J. Langdale; and sold by T. Langdale, Ripon. 1822.
Parish Records
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Poll Books
Bardsey-cum-Rigton Poll Book W.R. Yorkshire 1841
Poll Book of the West-Riding Election, July 1841 for Two Knights of the Shire for the West-Riding of Yorkshire.
Aberford Polling District
Bardsey-cum-Rigton Township
N. В. The o after an Electors name, signifies that he is a yearly occupier at a rental of £50.
| Name of Electors | Residence |
|---|---|
| Abbot John | Bardsey |
| Brogden John o | Rigton hills |
| Calvert William o | Holme farm |
| Child John, junior, o | Bardsey |
| Clegg John o | Rigton |
| Daniel William o | Rigton lane |
| Furniss Henry o | Sheep Cot |
| Hardcastle John o | Rigton |
| Hardcastle William o | Rigton |
| Holmes Thomas o | Rigton |
| Hodgson W. Manners, o | Rigton |
| Issott Matthew | Bardsey hill |
| Midgley John | Bardsey Grange |
| Midgley Samuel Abbot | Bardsey |
| Powell William o | Hessay |
| Rinder John | Bardsey hill |
| Ridsdale William | Rowley |
| Scatchard James o | Rigton Grange |
| Sparling James o | Blackmoor |
| Tenant James o | Blackmoor |
| Wilkinson Rev. C. W. | Hope Hall |
| Waddington J. sen. o | Rigton |
| Waddington J. jun. o | Rigton carr |
Bankrupts
Below is a list of people that were declared bankrupt between 1820 and 1843 extracted from The Bankrupt Directory; George Elwick; London; Simpkin, Marshall and Co.; 1843.
Wharton Andrew, Bardsey, Yorkshire, joiner and dealer, Jan. 1, 1839.
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Administration
- County: Yorkshire
- Civil Registration District: Tadcaster
- Probate Court: Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York
- Diocese: Post-1835 – Ripon, Pre-1836 – York
- Rural Deanery: Pontefract
- Poor Law Union: Great Preston Gilbert Union
- Hundred: Skyrack
- Province: York