Badsworth | Badesuu(o)rde: Ilbert de Lacy. Church (with Rogerthorpe and Upton). |
Norman church.
Baildon
| Beldone / dun(e): Archbishop of York; Erneis de Buron. Church. |
Industrial suburb.
Balby
| Balle(s)bi: Nigel from Count of Mortain; Roger de Bully. |
Outer suburb of Doncaster.
Bank Newton
| Neutone / tune: Berengar de Tosny. |
17th century Newton Hall.
Bardsey
| Berdesei / Bereleseie: King's land. |
Church with Saxon tower; Norman castle mound. Birthplace of Restoration dramatist William Congreve (1690-1729).
Barge Ford
| Bogeuurde: Roger le Poitevin, formerly Earl Tosti. |
In Newton-in-Craven.
Barkston
| Barchestun: Ilbert de Lacy. |
Large fishpond.
Barlow
| Berlai: Ralph Pagnell. Church (with Drax, Little Airmyn and Camblesforth). |
Hall, recently enlarged.
Barnbrough
| Barneburg / Berneborc / -burg: Roger de Bully; William de Warenne. Mill. |
The hall was the seat of the Cresacres, one of whom was said to have been killed by a wild cat in the church porch.
Barnby (in Cawthorne)
| Barnebi: King's land; Ilbert de Lacy. |
Barnby Hall.
Barnby Dun
| Barnebi: Count of Mortain; Roger de Bully; Malger from William de Percy. 3 waste fisheries, church. |
On the River Don; also called Barnby-on-the-Don; 14th century church.
Barnoldswick (in Burton in Lonsdale)
| Bernulfesuuic: King's land. |
Also known as Barlawick.
Barnoldswick (near Gisburn)
| Bernulfesuuic: Roger le Poitevin, formerly Berengar de Tosny. |
Cotton-manufacturing town that grew from a village in the 19th century. Roman road nearby.
Barnsley
| Berneslai: Ilbert de Lacy. |
Town. In the 18th century linen-weaving, flax-spinning, wire-drawing and coal-mining were the chief industries.
Barrowby
| Berghebi: William de Percy; Erneis de Buron. |
Barrowby Grange.
Barugh
| Berg: Gemeber, the pre-Conquest holder, from Ilbert de Lacy. |
Now Barugh Green, a dormitory for Barnsley.
Barwick-in-Elmet
| Bereuuit(h): Ilbert de Lacy. 3 mills, 3 churches. |
Dormitory for Leeds; church with a Saxon cross; impressive motte and bailey site.
Bashall
| Baschelf: Roger le Poitevin. |
Also known as Bashall Town; Georgian hall.
Batley
| Bateleia / Bathelie: Ilbert de Lacy. Church. |
Woollen town with a 14th century church.
Battersby
Lost.
Beal
| Begale: Ilbert de Lacy and a certain thane from him. |
On the River Aire.
Beamsley
| Bedmeslei(a) / Bemeslai / Bomeslai: King's land; Gilbert de Tison; Erneis de Buron. |
Stone cottages; Hall.
Beckwith
Isolated.
Beeston
Suburb of Leeds.
Bentham
Now 2 villages, High and Lower Bentham.
Bentley
| Benedleia / Benelei / Beneslaie / -lei: Count of Mortain; Roger de Bully. |
Town, a coal-mining centre; moated sites.
Bewerley
| Beurelie: Erneis de Buron. |
Old hall c.1600.
Bickerton
Bierley
Suburb of Bradford.
Bilbrough
| Mileburg: Christ's Church from Richard son of Erfast. |
Bilham
| Bilam / Bilan / Bil(e)ham: Count of Mortain, and Richard de Surdeval from him; Roger de Bully; William de Warenne. |
Bilham House Farm; ponds of a medieval village nearby.
Billingley
| Bilingelei(a) / lie / Bingelie: Roger de Bully; Arton, the pre-Conquest holder, from the king. |
Bilton (in Harrogate)
| Biletone / Billeton(e): Gilbert de Tison; Archil, thre pre-Conquest holder, from the king. |
Suburb of Harrogate; church with 3 Saxon carved stones.
Bilton (near Wetherby)
| Biletone: Osbern d'Arcis. |
Church with Saxon sculpture; manor farm.
Bingley
| Bingelei / Bingheleia: Erneis de Buron. |
Small town with an ancient market cross and Georgian market hall. Church with an early Norman font and fragments of a Saxon cross; Bronze Age round barrows.
Birkby
Suburb of Huddersfield.
Birkin
| Berchi(n)ge / Berchine: Gamel from Ilbert de Lacy. Mill. |
On Old Eye stream.
Birstwith
| Beristade: King's land; Gospatric. |
Hall.
Bishop Monkton
| Monucheton(e): Archbishop of York. |
Bishop Thornton
| Torentone / tune: Archbishop of York. |
Bishopthorpe
| Badetrop(es): King's land and Landri from the king; Archbishop of York. |
Dormitory for York. Capel built by Archbishop Grey to serve the manor house he bought in 1241; little of the house survives.
Bolton
| Bodeltone: Ilbert de Lacy. |
Suburb of Bradford; medieval village site at Bolton Woods.
Bolton Abbey
Bolton Priory is a magnificent ruin. Founded in 1154 by Alicia de Romilly, Bolton Hall incorporates 14th century Priory Gatehouse.
Bolton by Bowland
| Bodeltone: William de Percy. |
Pretty; 2 greens; 17th century houses.
Bolton Percy
| Badetone / Bode(l)tone / -tune: Rozelin from William de Percy. Church. |
Church, consecrated in 1424.
Bolton upon Dearne
| Bode(l)tone: Roger de Bully; Picot from William de Percy. Mill, church. |
Small colliery town with a late Norman church.
Bordley
| Borelaie: Roger le Poitevin. |
Isolated in moorland; Bordley Hall.
Bowling
District of Bradford; 14th century Bolling Hall, remodelled in Jacobean times and now the local history museum.
Bracewell
| Braisuelle: Roger le Poitevin. |
Hall, Henry V's refuge after the Battle of Hexham in 1464.
Bradford
| Bradeford: Ilbert de Lacy. |
City. Its wealth derives from wool-sorting and weaving in the Middle Ages; later, from the cotton and silk industry; more recently, from engineering. The church, mainly 15th century with Saxon sculpture, was designated a cathedral in 1919.
Bradley (in Huddersfield)
| Bradeleia / lie: Chetel from Ilbert de Lacy. |
Large; industrial; Neolithic long barrow on nearby Black Hill.
Bradley
Now 2 villages, High Bradley with its Old Hall dated 1672, and Low Bradley.
Braithwell
| Bradeuuelle: William de Warenne; Malger from William de Percy. Church. |
Norman church; partially medieval Moat Hall.
Bramham
| Brameham / Bra(m)ham: Count of Mortain and Nigel Fossard from him. Mill, church. |
Large, recently expanded; Church, part Norman, part 13th century; Georgian Bramham Park and gardens.
Bramhope
| Bra(m)hop: Ulchil, the pre-Conquest holder, from Gilbert de Tison. |
Dormitory of Leeds; Old Bramhope hamlet nearby.
Bramley (in Grewelthorpe)
| Brameleia / lie: Gospatric. |
Now 2 hamlets, High and Low Bramley; lonely, on moorland.
Bramley (in Leeds)
| Bramelei(a): Ilbert de Lacy; William de Warenne. |
District of Leeds.
Bramley (near Rotherham)
| Bramelei: William de Warenne. |
Residential, outside Rotherham.
Brampton
| Bierlow / Brantone: Artor the priest, the pre-Conquest holder, from the king. |
Large; industrial.
Brampton-en-le-Morthen
| Brantone: Richard de Surdeval from Count of Mortain. |
In a mining district.
Branton (in Cantley)
| Brantone: Geoffrey Alselin. Church. |
Grange.
Branton Green
| Brantona / Brantun(e): King's land; Erneis de Buron; Gospatric and Turbern, the pre-Conquest holders, from the king. |
Near Great Ouseburn.
Brayton
| Bretone / Brettan: Ilbert de Lacy. Church. |
Norman church with 14th century additions.
Brearton
| B(r)aretone: King's land. |
Secluded.
Bridge Hewick
| Hadeuuic: Archbishop of York. |
Brierley
| Breselai / lie: Elric from Ilbert de Lacy. |
Mining; manor house with medieval fabric.
Brimham
| Birnebeham: Gilbert de Tison; Erneis de Buron; Gospatric. |
Brimham Hall incorporates the remains of an early Tudor chapel built for Abbot Huby of Fountains Abbey.
Brinsworth
| Brinesford: Roger de Bully; Rozelin from William de Percy. |
Houses, near Rotherham.
Brodsworth
| Brochesuuorde / Brodesuu(o)rde: Count of Mortain and Nigel Fossard from him; Roger de Bully. Church. |
Unspoiled; Norman church; hall, 1850.
Broughton
| Broctune: Berengar de Tosny; Roger le Poitevin. |
In the parkland of an Elizabethan hall.
Burden
| Burg(h)edurun: Count of Mortain and Richard de Surdeval from him. |
Burden Head Farm.
Burghwallis
| Burg: William from Ilbert de Lacy. |
In the ancient Barnsdale Forest, haunt of the legendary Robin Hood. Norman church; rare rood screen.
Burley in Wharfedale
| Burgelei / Burghelai: Archbishop of York. Church. |
Large; semi-industrial.
Burnsall
| Brin(e)shale: Osbern d'Arcis; Hardulf, the pre-Conquest holder, from the king. |
Attractive, church with a possibly 11th century font and fragments of Saxon sculpture.
Burton (in Gateforth)
| Burtone / tun: Ilbert de Lacy. |
Burton Hall.
Burton in Lonsdale
Silk and wool weaving. Behind the green is the mound of the Mowbrays' Castle.
Burton Leonard
