Bardney, Lincolnshire

Bardney is a village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish was 1, 643 at the 2001 census increasing to 1, 848 (including Southrey) at the 2011 census. The village sits on the east bank of the River Witham and 9mi east from the city and county town of Lincoln. HistoryThe placename comes from the Old English 'Beardan', or "island of a man called Bearda". In 731 Bede renders it as "Beardaneu" and the Domesday Book as "Bardenai". Once the site of a mediaeval abbey, ruined in Henry VIII's dissolution of the monasteries, agricultural improvement made the village prosperous in the 19th century. Improved transport, first on the River and then the arrival of several railways caused considerable expansion between the traditional centre of the village and the former riverside settlement of Bardney Ferry, where in 1894 the ferry was replaced by the present bridge. A British Sugar factory, built in 1927, survived the closure of the railways but ceased processing on 9 February 2001. Bardney AbbeyBardney Abbey was founded before 679, perhaps as double house of monks and nuns, and perhaps as a Minster. It was destroyed by the Danes circa 860. Refounded 1087 as a Priory, it became a Benedictine Abbey in 1115, and was dissolved in 1538.

Bardney is a village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish was 1, 643 at the 2001 census increasing to 1, 848 (including Southrey) at the 2011 census. The village sits on the east bank of the River Witham and 9mi east from the city and county town of Lincoln. HistoryThe placename comes from the Old English 'Beardan', or "island of a man called Bearda". In 731 Bede renders it as "Beardaneu" and the Domesday Book as "Bardenai". Once the site of a mediaeval abbey, ruined in Henry VIII's dissolution of the monasteries, agricultural improvement made the village prosperous in the 19th century. Improved transport, first on the River and then the arrival of several railways caused considerable expansion between the traditional centre of the village and the former riverside settlement of Bardney Ferry, where in 1894 the ferry was replaced by the present bridge. A British Sugar factory, built in 1927, survived the closure of the railways but ceased processing on 9 February 2001. Bardney AbbeyBardney Abbey was founded before 679, perhaps as double house of monks and nuns, and perhaps as a Minster. It was destroyed by the Danes circa 860. Refounded 1087 as a Priory, it became a Benedictine Abbey in 1115, and was dissolved in 1538.