Baldersby
| Baldersby | |
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North Yorkshire | |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
Baldersby is a village and
Baldersby has a farm shop, an Anglican Mission Room, and a cricket ground with a pavilion and children's play area. The nearest primary school is Baldersby St. James C of E Primary School in nearby Baldersby St James.
The Roman road Dere Street forms the western boundary of the parish, now followed by the A1(M) motorway. Baldersby Gate Interchange, Junction 50 of the A1(M), connects the A61 to the A1(M) in the south of the parish.
Etymology
The name Baldersby may be derived from that of the Norse god,
History
At the time of the Domesday Book Baldersby was held by
Baldersby was historically a township in the parish of Topcliffe in the North Riding of Yorkshire.[4] The township became a separate civil parish in 1866,[5] and in 1974 was transferred to the new county of North Yorkshire.
Between 1848 and 1959 the village was served by Baldersby railway station.
See also
References
- ^ Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
- ^ Ekwall, E. (1940). The Concise Dictionary of English Place-names (2nd ed.). Oxford: Clarendon Pr. p. 22.
- ^ Turner, Joseph Horsfall (1901). "Yorkshire place names, as recorded in the Yorkshire Domenday book, 1086..." pp. 150, 247. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
- ^ a b Page, William (1923). "Parishes: Topcliffe". Victoria County History. A History of the County of York North Riding: Volume 2. pp. 70–80. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
- ^ "Vision of Britain website". Retrieved 27 March 2016.
External links
Media related to Baldersby, North Yorkshire at Wikimedia Commons- Baldersby in the Domesday Book
